{"id":57692,"date":"2015-11-24T15:27:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=57692"},"modified":"2015-11-24T15:27:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:27:38","slug":"nato-to-hold-emergency-meeting-after-turkey-downs-jet-57692","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/nato-to-hold-emergency-meeting-after-turkey-downs-jet-57692\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO to hold emergency meeting after Turkey downs jet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TurkeyNATO will hold an emergency meeting in Brussels at 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday after a Russian warplane violating Turkish airspace was shot down.<\/h1>\n

“NATO is monitoring the situation closely. We are in contact with Turkish authorities,” a NATO official told Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n

Turkish jets shot down a warplane believed to be a Russian-type SU-24 after it violated the Turkish airspace near Turkey\u2019s southern border with Syria, Turkish presidential sources said.<\/p>\n

The warplane went down near Syria’s northwestern Turkmen town of Bayirbucak.<\/p>\n

Turkey’s military said the downed foreign jet was given 10 warnings in five minutes before being shot down by two F-16 warplanes.<\/p>\n

“A warplane of unknown nationality that breached Turkish airspace over Hatay\u2019s [province] Yayladagi region at 9.20 a.m. [0720 GMT] was alerted 10 times in five minutes,” Turkish General Staff said in a statement, adding that the F-16s’ response was in line with rules of engagement.<\/p>\n

The military added that Turkish planes patrolling the region encountered the warplane at 09.24 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n

According to footage from the scene, the plane\u2019s two pilots could be seen ejecting safely before the aircraft hit the ground in a huge of plume of smoke.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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