Russian jet News

A US military MQ-9 surveillance drone crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets.

The main black box of the Syria-bound Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea with 92 people onboard has been found in a massive ongoing search operation, authorities said Tuesday.

Finland`s Defence Ministry said on Friday it detected a suspected violation of Finnish airspace by a Russian fighter jet, the second in less than 24 hours.

Turkish President Recep Tayip Ergodan on Tuesday met Russian President Vladimir Putin to give a fresh start to the bilateral relations of the two countries which nosedived after Turkish military downed a Russian fighter jet last November.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu for the first time since Moscow and Ankara mended ties.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lifted restrictions on travel to Turkey after mending ties with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seven months after Ankara downed a Russian jet, triggering a raft of sanctions.

Moscow said an investigation had found that the plane which took off from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh was brought down by a bomb on board.

Russia ordered retaliatory measures after Turkish fighter jets shot down the warplane on Tuesday, threatening ties between two rival players in the Syrian war.

Russia on Wednesday accused Turkey of a "planned provocation" over the downing of a warplane on the Syrian border but pledged not to go to war as NATO-member Ankara sought to play down tensions.

During the operation, a soldier was killed.

Russia insisted its aircraft was in Syrian airspace.

Russian warplanes have been pounding Syrian rebels and Islamic State fighters, backing government forces at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday recommended against Russians travelling to Turkey and cancelled his own planned visit after Ankara shot down a Russian fighter jet.

The US military was not involved in the Turkish downing of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border on Tuesday, a US defence official said.

European Union President Donald Tusk called for calm on Monday after Turkey, a candidate for membership of the bloc, shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border.

Global oil prices rose today after Turkey shot down a Russian jet on the Syria border, sparking fresh tensions in the crude-rich Middle East, dealers said.

British budget airline Easyjet Tuesday said it had cancelled all flights to and from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh until next year over security doubts raised by the downing of a Russian jet.

NATO allies will hold an "extraordinary" meeting on Tuesday at Ankara's request to discuss Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border, an alliance official said.

A Russian Airbus aircraft carrying 224 people, mostly tourists, crashed in a mountainous region in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday killing all on board.