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turkey has confirmed that all 20 personnel on board its military cargo plane that crashed Georgia Killed on Tuesday.
Türkiye Military transport plane carrying 20 personnel including crew members crashes Georgia Immediately after taking off from Azerbaijan.
Footage of the C-130 Hercules shows it spinning in the air, trailing white smoke before falling to the ground and turning into a column of black smoke.
the plane was on its way back turkey When it went down, although the cause of the accident remains uncertain.
The Turkish president said, “We learned with great sadness that our C-130 military aircraft has crashed on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border. Our efforts to reach the wreckage are continuing in coordination with national authorities.” Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
a few minutes after entering Georgian airfieldThe plane “disappeared from radar without transmitting a distress signal”, the Georgian air navigation service said earlier.
The plane crashed in Sighnaghi, a municipality in the eastern Kakheti region near Azerbaijan, the Interpress news agency reported. It said the accident was being investigated under a Criminal Code article covering air transport and damage to life and property.
Mr Erdogan was handed a note by his aides to inform him about the accident at the end of a speech in Ankara. He expressed his condolences to “our martyrs”, referring to the personnel on board the plane, without giving further details.
The leader said, “God willing, we will recover from this accident with minimum difficulties.” “May the souls of our martyrs rest in peace, and may we be with them through our prayers.”
During a phone call between the two leaders, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze expressed his condolences to Mr Erdoğan over the deadly military plane crash. The Prime Minister said, “At this difficult time, Georgia shows its full solidarity with our Turkish friends. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and everyone affected by this tragedy.”
Earlier, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Georgian authorities arrived at the crash site at around 5 pm local time.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev expressed his condolences to Mr. Erdogan, “the families and loved ones of the deceased, and Turkey’s brotherly people” in a call.
In an official readout, Mr Aliyev said he had discussed “the tragic news of the loss of servicemen” in the crash with Mr Erdogan.
Turkey deployed a drone to assist in search and rescue operations and was preparing a crash investigation team to leave for Georgia, according to broadcaster NTV.
The US Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, said he was “deeply saddened by today’s tragic crash of a Turkish Armed Forces aircraft”, and expressed condolences to the families of those killed, adding that the US “stands in solidarity with our Turkish allies”.
Lockheed Martin, the US manufacturer of the C-130 Hercules, which is used by air forces around the world, said it was “committed” to supporting the investigation.
The C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military cargo and troop carrier aircraft that can use unprepared runways for take-off and landing.
Turkey last month signed a deal with Britain to buy 12 second-hand C-130J aircraft.
Türkiye shares strong military and diplomatic ties with Azerbaijan. Mr Erdogan recently attended ceremonies in Baku marking the 2020 victory against Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh war.