Military In Turkey Shoot-Down Russian Jet-Plane

TV footage broadcast in Turkey showed a Russian jet plane going down in flames as it was shot-down by turkey authorities in a woodland area, with a long plume of smoke trailing behind it.

The Turkish military said the plane entered Turkish airspace over the town of Yaylidag in Hatay province violating Turkish airspace.

The pilot was warned 10 times before being shot down by two Turkish F16 jets, according to the country's military.

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

A Kremlin spokesman said it was a "very serious incident", but said it was too early to draw conclusions.

The Russian defence ministry said in a statement the Sukhoi Su-24 jet did not violate Turkish airspace and added it was downed by artillery fire.

The ministry also said that according to preliminary data the pilots managed to parachute out, but their fate is unclear.

It went down in an area known by Turks as "Turkmen Mountain" in northern Syria near the Turkish border, private broadcaster Haberturk said.

Separate footage from the country's Anadolu Agency showed two pilots ejecting from the jet before it crashed.

One of the pilots is in the hands of Turkmen forces in northern Syria, CCN Turk said, citing local sources.