Syrian army troops have reportedly rescued one of the two pilots of the Russian jet downed by Turkey on Syrian border yesterday.

According to reports, Syrian airforce commandos have today managed to rescue the pilot who turned out to be alive since his capture by armed groups as he landed after ejecting from the plane earlier Tuesday.

The pilot has been taken to a military base near the Latakia city and is “safe and sound” now.

Turkish F-16's downed a Russian warplane on Syria border on the grounds of “violation of airspace” yesterday.  The jet was shot near a camp in Yamadi village in the coastal province of Latakia on the Syrian side, which is located across Yayladağ district of southern Hatay province.

Various video footages have been circulated on social media yesterday, allegedly of the two pilots who parachuted out of the jet and landed in the area held by rebel groups.

While Russia officially announced that one of the pilots died as a result of armfire from the ground, some other agencies published reports of the 'Turkmen groups' in the area, who said "We shot both pilots dead as they landed."

While the White House and NATO agreed on "Turkey's 'right to defend its airspace', Russian officials said the jet didn't cross the Turkish borderline. President Vladimir Putin strongly reacted to the incident, describing Turkey as "accomplices of terrorism".

The Turkish state, which downed a Russian jet for allegedly violating its airspace for 17 seconds, is itself conducting increasingly ongoing airstrikes against PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan, northern Iraq, and artillery attacks against West Kurdistan (Rojava) in northern Syria, both of which constitute an obvious violation of borders.