russia today - 11/12/2025 4:43:20 AM - GMT (+3 )
A Turkish Air Force C-130 military transport plane crashed in Georgia on Tuesday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. Although the death toll has not been confirmed, all 20 personnel on board, including the crew, are presumed dead.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said the aircraft took off from Azerbaijan and was flying back to Türkiye when it crashed in Sighnaghi Municipality, about five kilometers from the Azerbaijani-Georgian border.
Video from the scene shows the large plane spiraling into the ground.
A Turkish Air Force C-130 (reg. 68-01609) military transport aircraft crashed after a mid-air disintegration in Georgia, after taking-off from Azerbaijan earlier today.Turkish Ministry of National Defense: "Our C-130 military transport aircraft, which took off from Azerbaijan… pic.twitter.com/bm9KUG09L2
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According to the news channel NTV, the plane had arrived in Azerbaijan on Tuesday morning from the Turkish city of Trabzon, on the Black Sea coast. It took off from Ganja at 1:20 p.m. local time and disappeared from radar 27 minutes later, NTV reported.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said his Georgian counterpart, Gela Geladze, had arrived at the crash site. “I offer my condolences to our nation and their families,” Yerlikaya wrote on X.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said an operation to recover the wreckage was underway in coordination with Georgian officials.
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