俄一架戰機疑在土敘邊境遭擊落大綱

Russia said Tuesday one of its Su-24 fighter jets was shot down along the border between Turkey and Syria, but said "firing from the ground" was responsible for downing the plane.

Turkish military officials, however, said their F-16 jets shot down the plane after it violated the country's airspace and ignored 10 warnings in the span of five minutes to leave.

Russia's defense ministry said the jet never left Syrian territory. Russia also said its pilots ejected, but that their status was unknown. Video from the area appeared to show two pilots parachuting down from the sky, and Turkey's Dogan news agency said Russian helicopters were searching the area.

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

A U.S. State Department spokesman says they cannot confirm press reports that Turkish jets have downed a warplane of unknown origin, but are monitoring the situation closely.俄羅斯星期二說，一架俄羅斯Su-24戰機在土耳其與敘利亞邊界墜毀，並說這架戰機被“地面炮火”擊落。

土耳其軍方官員說，這家俄羅斯戰機飛入土耳其領空，無視土耳其五分鐘內發出的10次要求其返回敘利亞空域的警告，隨後被土耳其的F-16戰機擊落。

俄羅斯國防部說，這架戰機一直從未飛離敘利亞領空。俄羅斯還表示，這架戰機的飛行員跳傘，但目前的情況尚不清楚。來自該地區的視頻顯示，兩名飛行員使用降落傘從空中下降。土耳其媒體說，俄羅斯直升飛機正在搜索這一地區。

克里姆林宮的一位發言人稱之爲“非常嚴重的事件”，但是說要下定論爲時尚早。

美國國務院發言人說，目前還不能證實媒體有關土耳其戰機擊落一架國籍不明戰機的報道，但正密切關注事態發展。