A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 strike aircraft was shot down by a Turkish Air Force F-16 on 24 November 2015 . The pilot was shot and killed by Syrian rebels while descending by parachute , and the weapon systems officer was later rescued by Russian forces . A Russian marine was injured during the rescue operation and later died en route to a medical center . In the video the rebels shout " '' Allah Akbar '' " over the dead body of a Russian pilot . According to Turkey 's claims presented to the UN Security Council , two planes , whose nationalities were unknown to them at the time , violated Turkish airspace over the Yayladağı province up to for 17 seconds . According to Turkey , the planes disregarded the multiple warnings and were subsequently fired upon by Turkish F-16s patrolling the area . After the Turkish fire , one of the planes left Turkish airspace and the other crashed into Syrian territory . The Russian Ministry of Defense denied that any of their planes had violated Turkey 's airspace , claiming they had been flying south of the Yayladağı province and provided two maps showing two different alleged routes of the airplane ( one of them with " impossible " turns and maneuvers )
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2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War