UPDATED: Putin calls Turkey’s downing of Russian fighter plane ‘a stab in the back’ – LA Times
UPDATE HERE
Russian warplane shot down after repeated warnings
Turkish officials said fighter jets downed a plane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after allegedly alerting it over air space violations.
FROM ICEJ NEWS:
Turkey shoots down Russian aircraft over Syrian border
Reports emerged on Tuesday that Turkish F-16 fighter aircraft had shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber after it violated Turkish airspace while flying a mission near the northern border of Syria. Turkey says it issued several warnings to the Russian plane that it was in the wrong airspace before the Turksih aircraft opened fire. Both Russian pilots reportedly bailed out of the aircraft before it crashed and one was reportedly captured by a rebel faction on the ground. The incident comes at a time of heightened air activity in the skies over Syria as jets from Russia, France, the US and a handful of other countries continued to pound the Islamic State (IS) terror militia. British PM David Cameron plans to press parliament on Thursday for the UK to join the air campaign against IS. Read MoreTurkish F16s warned the jet over the airspace violations before shooting it down, Ankara says; Russia denies warplane violated Turkey’s airspace.
