Turkish Prime Minister says cannot say whether Turkish warplane shot down or crashed, no news on pilots.
The plane was taken down by Syrian forces, an official Turkish source confirmed to Hürriyet Daily News.
The pilots of a crashed Turkish military still missing and Turkish military is searching for the two pilots PM Erdoğan said.
Syrian authorities have apologized for taking down a military plane that had lost contact with the Turkish Armed Forces earlier today, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said.
A missing warplane that lost contact with Turkish Armed Forces earlier today crashed in Syrian territorial waters, Doğan news agency has reported.
Search and rescue teams are waiting for Syrian authorities to issue necessary permits to locate the plane. Mediterranean naval units are now approaching the area.
All connection has been lost between the Turkish Armed Forces and a Turkish military plane in the southern province of Hatay, according to an official statement from the forces.
The plane left the eastern province of Malatya at around 10 a.m., while the connection was lost at around noon, the statement said.
Search attempts are continuing in an effort to locate the missing plane.
Eyewitnesses in the northern Syrian town of Latakia told BBC Arabic that Syrian air defences shot down an unidentified aircraft near the town of Ras al-Baseet.
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