"All 20 personnel on board a Turkish C-130 military cargo aircraft that crashed in Georgia close to its border with Azerbaijan have died, the Turkish Defence Ministry says, as investigators examine the cause of the accident at the site. The confirmation came on Wednesday, a day after the plane crashed after taking off from the nearby Azerbaijani city of Ganja."
"The crash, Turkiye's deadliest military incident since 2020, happened about 5km (3.1 miles) from the Georgian-Azerbaijani border. Georgia's Sakaeronavigatsia air traffic control service said the aircraft disappeared from radar soon after entering the country's airspace, sending no distress signal prior to the crash. Dramatic footage published by Azerbaijani media appeared to show the aircraft sending a large cloud of black smoke into the sky after it crashed, leaving debris strewn across the ground."
A Turkish C-130 military cargo aircraft crashed in Georgia near the Azerbaijani border, killing all 20 personnel on board. The aircraft crashed after taking off from the Azerbaijani city of Ganja and came down about 5km from the Georgian-Azerbaijani border in Sighnaghi municipality, Kakheti district. Turkish and Georgian authorities have begun inspecting the wreckage as part of an accident investigation. Georgia's Sakaeronavigatsia air traffic control service said the aircraft disappeared from radar soon after entering Georgian airspace and sent no distress signal. Azerbaijani media published footage showing a large cloud of black smoke and debris at the crash site. Turkish officials and international leaders conveyed condolences, and the C-130 maker, Lockheed Martin, offered investigative assistance.
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