Georgia/Turkey — Turkey confirmed on Wednesday that all
20 people onboard a C-130 military cargo plane that crashed in eastern Georgia
have died.
The plane had departed Ganja Airport in western
Azerbaijan on Tuesday afternoon, returning to Turkey, when it went down shortly
after crossing the border, the Turkish Defence Ministry said. Those on board
included the flight crew.
“Our heroic comrades-in-arms were martyred on 11
November 2025 due to the crash of our C-130 military cargo aircraft,” Defence
Minister Yasar Guler said in a statement on X, posting photographs of the
victims.
Eyewitness footage published by Azerbaijani media
showed the plane spinning horizontally before breaking apart in midair.
Georgian authorities confirmed the crash site was in the Sighnaghi area, about five
kilometres from Georgia’s border with Azerbaijan.
The Georgian interior ministry said the aircraft
disappeared from radar shortly after entering Georgian airspace without
transmitting a distress signal, and the crash was reported by emergency
services.
The C-130 Hercules, manufactured by Lockheed Martin in
the US, is widely used for military cargo and transport missions. No official
cause for the crash has been disclosed, and search operations are ongoing.
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