BREAKING NEWS - Turkey shoots down RUSSIAN jet for violating its air space: Flaming Su-24 fighter spirals into the ground in Syria where rebels capture one pilot and are hunting the other

The plane, a Russian Sukhoi Su-24, was shot down by Turkish army F-16 fighter jets early Tuesday morning, and landed in the Turkomen Mountains region in the coastal province of Latakia in Syria. Turkish army officials say the Russian plane had violated the country's air space close to the Syrian border and was shot down after ignoring several warnings. However, Russia's Ministry of Defense claims the jet was in Syrian airspace, and was shot down from the ground. Both pilots ejected themselves from the jet and could be seen parachuting down to the ground, where at least one has been reported as captured by Syrian rebels.