The warplane went down in Syria’s northwestern Turkmen town of Bayirbucak near Turkey’s border within the framework of engagement rules, the sources added.
The Turkish General Staff said the downed foreign jet was issued 10 warnings in five minutes and it was shot down by two F-16s.
Turkish Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar briefed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the situation following the crash. Akar along with Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu also briefed Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
According to a media outlet’s footage of the downed aircraft, the pilots could be seen ejecting safely before the aircraft hit the ground in a huge of plume of smoke.
Russia has denied that it had not viloated Turkish airspace and that their war plane was brought down by ground fire.
Author: Diyar Güldoğan
Additional reporting The Muslim News
[Photo: A Russian warplane goes down in Syria’s northwestern Turkmen town of Bayirbucak near Turkey’s border on November 24, 2015. Photographer: Fatih Aktaş/AA]
