and turkey. we are hearing from the turkish military that two of their f-16s shot down this plane. they say it was an unidentified plane at the time after vhig sl violating its air space. russia, according to the ministry of defense in moscow, said the plane did not in fact violate turkish air space. what we are hearing from russians is the two pilots of the plane were able to eject. now their fate is currently unknown. we are hearing the reports that at least one of the pilots has been captured. and the syrian observatory for human rights is reporting that russian helicopters are patrolling the area where the pilots have landed looking for them right now.
that obama has supposedly put together. the reason why we are correctly refusing that and i give obama credit for this, is that putin has no interest in a war with isis. his only interest is a war against the opposition to defend assad. this i think sort of highlights that, the turks are the most opposed to assad of anybody on the ground. it wasn t only that the russian war plane went into turkish air space. it s that the bombing run was against turkmens, who a minority in syria. ethnically turkish. that the turks have always felt they have to defend. and whether or not it was in turkish air space or not, matters not. they were attacking these turkmen opposition leaders. turkey defended them i think as a signal to the russians that we are not going to allow you to do that.
his car broke down and he needed a ride back to belgium. the two friends came here and picked him up in paris. the attorney says he had no idea he had been involved in the attacks. the attorney says the men noticed he was carrying something. quote a big jacket and other things. maybe like an explosive belt or something like that. unquote. it raises the question. is salah abdeslam a suspected terrorist on the run or did he simply change his mind and run away? martin savidge, cnn, paris. breaking news. a russian plane shot down on the turkish side of the border. we have more from ivan watson. the turkish military said this happened at 9:20 in the
home. doctors say that student is improving. we have breaking news for you this morning. a russian warplane has been shot down by turkey near the border of syria. we ll tell you what this means for the war against isis. that s ahead on new day.
hour coming in to cnn from the turkish border. a war plane crashed on the syrian side of the border. the cause of the crash remains unclear at this hour. we have information coming through to us all the time. ian lee joins us from cairo. what have you got, ian? reporter: max, this is just breaking. what we are hearing now from the russian foreign ministry. this is a russian plane that crashed along the syrian/turkish border. we do not know what caused the plane to go down. we are hearing that one of the pilots, at least one of the pilots did eject. their fate is unknown. this is an in area north along the border. this is an area that doesn t have an isis presence. this is an area that has caused