Turkish Military Shoots Down Russian Fighter Jet Over Syria

Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet over Syria Tuesday saying the Su-24 jet's pilots violated Turkish airspace and ignored multiple warnings to leave.

A U.S. official told CBS News that radar tracking confirmed the Russian plane was in Turkish airspace, adding, "it was close," but it did cross the border.

Russia flatly denied that its warplane had crossed into Turkish airspace.

"We are looking into the circumstances of the crash of the Russian jet. The Ministry of Defense would like to stress that the plane was over the Syrian territory throughout the flight," the Russian ministry said in a statement.

The Turkish Defense Ministry was quoted by Reuters as saying the Russian jet was warned 10 times within five minutes to leave Turkish airspace before it was shot down. Turkish officials said the Su-24 was warned as it flew over Yaylidag, in Turkey's southern Hatay province, and the Ministry of Defense released radar images purportedly showing the Ru-24's flightpath over the southern tip of Turkey's Hatay province, which juts down into northern Syria.

A radar image released by the Turkish Ministry of Defense purportedly shows the flightpath of a Russian Su-24 fighter jet over southern Turkey's Hatay Province (Turkish territory outlined in blue), Nov. 24, 2015. Turkey said it warned the jet 10 times before shooting it down. The jet crashed into Syrian territory.

The Russian jet crashed down into Syrian territory. Amateur videos showed it plummeting to the earth with flames trailing behind it before it disappeared behind a hill. Two parachutes were seen floating down to the ground, also; evidence that the two pilots from the jet had ejected.