'Cold War' scare: see how Turkey shoots down a Russian warplane [VIDEO]

A Russian warplane has been shot down allegedly for violating Turkey's airspace.

The Anadolu News Agency of Turkey released a video of an unidentified plane blowing up in midair and crashing near Turkey's Syrian border. It turned out to be a Russian-type SU-24 warplane. This incident took place on Nov. 24.

According to KickerDaily, a Turkish military official has said that two Turkish F-16 fighter jet fired and downed the warplane of Russia in accordance to the rules of engagement after the Russian warplane ignored the warnings given and violated the airspace of the country over Yayladagi Region of Hatay.

The military official said it was also pointed out that it was at 9:24 a.m. local time when the Turkish jets tasked to patrol the region encountered the Russian warplane. It was also pointed out that a total of 10 warnings were given to the pilot of the warplane in five minutes. However, all of the warnings were ignored. Thus, forcing the Turkish forces to send two fighting jets to take it down.

On the other side of the coin, Russia confirmed that it was their SU-24 warplane that was blown down near Turkey-Syria border. However, the New York Times reported that Russia denied the claims of Turkey that their warplane entered their airspace.

The Defense Ministry of Russia said that their aircraft never entered Turkey's airspace as it was over Syrian Territory during the entire flight as shown in their air traffic control record.

Russia also denied the allegations of Ankara that they shoot the Russian warplane down with two F-16 fighter jets. They said that it seems like the plane has been shot down by gunfire and not by fighter jets.

According to Express, there were contradicting reports regarding the fate of the two pilots who were flying the downed warplane. There was a news from Turkey stating that the pilots were still alive and were held captive by the rebels of Syria.

Names of Sergei Rumyantsev and Aleksandr Akhmadulin surfaced. It is said that they were the two pilot flying the Russian aircraft.

On the other hand, RIA Novosti, a state-run agency of Russia, reported that one of the two pilots died in the air due to ground fire, the CNN says. There is still no report released with regard to the fate of the other pilot.

Some news say it was Rumyantsev who was killed in air and it was Akhmadulin whose fate is still unknown to the public.