Turkish air defense forces shot down a Syrian fighter jet and seen on #LiveTV

Turkish air defense forces shot down a Syrian fighter jet on Sunday after it crossed into Turkey's airspace — and a news channel caught the whole thing on live TV.

Turkish Prime Minister has confirmed the downing as reported by Reuters.

"A Syrian plane violated our airspace," Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told an election rally in northwest Turkey. "Our F-16s took off and hit this plane. Why? Because if you violate my airspace, our slap after this will be hard."

Syria condemned what it called a "blatant aggression" and said the jet was pursuing rebel fighters inside Syria. It said the pilot had managed to eject before the plane crashed.