Turkey Downs Russian Warplane

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Putin: Downing Of Jet A 'Stab In The Back'

The Russian warplane is shot down by Turkey after allegedly violating its airspace, with both pilots on board believed to be dead.

17:00, UK, Tuesday 24 November 2015



The shooting down of a Russian jet by Turkey is a "stab in the back" committed by "accomplices of terrorists", Vladimir Putin has said.

The Sukhoi Su-24 was warned 10 times before being downed near the Syrian border by two Turkish F16 jets for violating the country's airspace, according to the Turkish military.

A Turkish official said two Russian planes approached the Turkish border and were warned before one of them was shot down, adding their information shows Turkish airspace was repeatedly violated.

But a US official has said initial indications are that the incursion into Turkish airspace lasted a matter of seconds.



A map showing the location where the plane came down

It has triggered a major diplomatic confrontation, with NATO calling an emergency meeting this evening to discuss the incident.

Both of the pilots are dead, say Sky sources.

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Video: Putin: Downed Jet A 'Blow' (At link)

A Turkish official has told Reuters news agency Turkey believes the two pilots are still alive and is working to secure their release from Syrian rebels.

However, a rebel group has said it shot dead the two pilots as they tried to land safely in northern Syria after ejecting from the jet.

Video sent to Reuters appears to show one of the pilots immobile on the ground. "A Russian pilot," a voice is heard saying, as men gather around the man on the ground. "God is great," is also heard.
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Video: Russian Jet Shot Down And Crashing (At link)

Sky News Foreign Affairs Editor Sam Kiley said claims the pilots are still alive "is in direct contradiction with what the Turkish-speaking rebels on the ground have said".

"Two different commanders have claimed both they were fired on as they tried to sail their parachutes into government-held territory," he said.

"This may be good news for the families if they have survived - but we have seen published videos of what appears to be the bodies of two different men ... I think the assumption remains (they are dead) and that the Turks might be a little bit behind with their information."

The Russian leader said the jet "did not in any way threaten Turkey" and the incident will have "serious consequences" for relations between the two countries.

Russia Su-24 jet shot down by Turkey F-16 fighters near Syria border

Video: Downed Russian Jet Caught On Camera (At link)

Mr Putin said the aircraft was shot by a missile from a Turkish jet over Syria around 1km (just over half a mile) away from the Turkish border, which he described as a "stab in the back by the terrorists' accomplices".

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has cancelled a trip to Turkey scheduled for Wednesday and advised Russians not to visit the country.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country has a right to respond if its airspace is violated, and stressed the action was not an act of aggression against any foreign territory.

The incident is the first time a NATO member's armed forces have shot down a Russian or Soviet military aircraft since the 1950s.


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Syrian rebels chant 'Allahu Akbar' over body of dead Russian pilot after Turkey shoots down jet for violating its air-space... then chopper searching for co-pilot is blown up by anti-Assad troops



Turkish army has shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 war plane near its Syrian border, officials have confirmed

Russian jet had violated Turkish air space and ignored ten warnings in five minutes, Ankara military officials said

Vladimir Putin called Turkey's decision to shoot down the plane 'a stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists'

Russia claims the jet, which crashed in Syria's Turkomen Mountains, had been in Syrian airspace when it was hit

In response, Turkish army released flight tracking data showing the jet violated its airspace at its southern-most tip

One pilot dead, the other reportedly captured by Turkmen - ethnic Turks subjected to Russian airstrikes this week

A video later emerged claiming to show a separate rebel group blowing up Russian helicopter sent to rescue pilot



By Sara Malm and Will Stewart In Moscow for MailOnline



Published: 03:14 EST, 24 November 2015 | Updated: 12:43 EST, 24 November 2015




Syrian rebels chant 'Allahu Akbar' over the dead body of a Russian pilot shot down by a Turkish jet today in shocking footage released shortly before a separate group blew up a Putin chopper sent to find survivors.



A video filmed by rebels in Syria's Turkomen Mountains, an area which has been the cause of recent tensions between Turkey and Russia, sees ethnic Turkish anti-government fighters celebrating and cheering as they discover the body of the pilot.



This was followed by a second video, claiming to show members of the U.S.-trained Free Syrian Army firing an anti-tank missile and destroying the helicopter sent by Russian forces to rescue the surviving pilot.



The Russian two-pilot Sukhoi Su-24 jet was shot down by F-16 fighter planes on Tuesday morning, after it violated Turkish airspace and ignored nearly a dozen warnings by the army, Ankara military officials said.



This has been refuted by a furious Vladimir Putin who said the jet never left Syrian airspace, and the Russian President instead accused Turkey of funding ISIS, and using its military to protect the terrorist organisation.

 
Full story, pictures, and a video at link

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The plane crashed in Syria after violating Turkey's airspace, the country claims

The aircraft was shot down after it was warned 10 times in five minutes to leave Turkish airspace, a Turkish military official has said.

It was just over the Syrian border in Turkey when it was downed by F16 Fighting Falcon jets belonging to Turkey, the official added.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin said the plane was 4km into Syria and had not violated Turkey's airspace as it flew at an altitude of 6,000 metres - and claimed it was shot down from the ground not the air.

Conflicting reports from Turkey today said the two pilots were still alive and were being held by Syrian rebels.

Turkey is now working to secure their "safe" release, a government official added.

But Russia's military general staff later said that one of the pilots of the Su-24 warplane was killed by ground fire as he parachuted from his crippled plane.

Pictures emerged this evening of the two men, Aleksandr Akhmadulin and Sergei Rumyantsev, who were identified on Twitter.

Rumyantsev is said to have been the pilot killed while Akhmadulin’s fate is still unknown.

Full story and picture gallery at link.