Turkish F-16s warned the jet over the airspace violations before shooting it down, a military official said, adding that the plane's origin was not clear. <br /> <br />Russia's defence ministry told the Interfax news agency that the downed jet was Russian and said Turkish airspace was not violated. <br /> <br />Moscow confirmed that the downed jet was a Sukhoi Su-24. <br /> <br />Footage from private broadcaster Haberturk TV showed a warplane going down in flames in a woodland area, a long plume of smoke trailing behind it. <br /> <br />The plane went down in area known by Turks as Turkmen Mountain in northern Syria near the Turkish border, Haberturk said. <br /> <br />Separate footage from Turkey's Anadolu Agency showed two pilots parachuting out of the jet before it crashed. <br /> <br />Al Jazeera's Arabic Service tweeted that one of the pilots had been captured. <br /> <br />Russia has repeatedly carried out air strikes in Syria in defence of president Bashar al-Assad. <br /> <br />Turkey called this week for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in neighbouring Syria, and last week Ankara summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the bombing of their villages. <br /> <br />Ankara has traditionally expressed solidarity with Syrian Turkmens, who are Syrians of Turkish descent. <br /> <br />Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu has spoken with the chief of military staff and the foreign minister about the developments on the Syrian border, the prime minister's office said in a statement, without mentioning the downed jet. <br /> <br />He has ordered the foreign ministry to consult with NATO, the United Nations and related countries on the latest developments, his office said.
