

Alpaslan Celik (centre), a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade, holds handles believed to be parts of a parachute from the downed Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border in Syria. Photos by Reuters. : Why down a Russian plane?
Alpaslan Celik (centre), a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade, holds handles believed to be parts of a parachute from the downed Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border in Syria. Photos by Reuters. : Why down a Russian plane?


A plane crashes in flames in a mountainous area in northern Syria after it was shot down by Turkish fighter jets near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday. : Why down a Russian plane?
A plane crashes in flames in a mountainous area in northern Syria after it was shot down by Turkish fighter jets near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday. : Why down a Russian plane?
Why down a Russian plane?
The key fact is the Russian plane, by Turkey's own admission, was in Turkish airspace for precisely 17 seconds.
