"A Turkish military cargo plane crashed in neighboring Georgia Tuesday, killing all 20 servicemen aboard, Turkish authorities said Wednesday, launching an investigation into the incident. The C-130 aircraft crashed shortly after crossing into Georgia, returning from Ganja, Azerbaijan, to Turkey, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. Search efforts coordinated between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia began immediately, officials said."
"Nineteen bodies have been recovered and one remains missing, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey state-run news agency Anadolu reported. The crash was a "painful piece of news that plunged all 86 million of us into sorrow," Erdogan said. The soldiers were in Azerbaijan for fifth anniversary Victory Day celebrations of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, he said - an event he also attended."
"No cause for the crash has been provided so far. A team is conducting a technical investigation into the crash, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. Azerbaijani and Georgian authorities also helped with the search and rescue, and they are mobilizing "all the resources" they can, Erdogan said. Photos of the scene shown pieces of burned metal strewn in a large open, grassy area near the Azerbaijani border. Emergency workers, soldiers, and investigators, as well as police and military vehicles and ambulances, surrounded the wreckage site."
A Turkish C-130 military transport crashed shortly after crossing into Georgia while returning from Ganja, Azerbaijan, to Turkey, killing all 20 servicemen aboard. Search and rescue operations were coordinated by Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, with 19 bodies recovered and one person still unaccounted for. The soldiers had been in Azerbaijan for fifth anniversary Victory Day events marking the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. No cause has been announced; a technical investigation team has been deployed. Leaders extended condolences, and photos show scattered burned wreckage in an open grassy area near the Azerbaijani border with emergency personnel at the site.
Read at The Washington Post
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]