Turkish military plane crash: All 20 onboard dead

After a Turkish military plane crashed, the country’s defense minister posted a message saying: “Our heroic comrades-in-arms were martyred.”

The C-130 Hercules is known as a robust aircraft that can handle difficult terrain [FILE: June 2023]Image: Erik Roelofs/Stocktrek Images/picture alliance
All 20 military personnel on board a Turkish military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia were killed, Turkey’s defense minister announced on Wednesday.

The personnel were on board the C-130 Hercules plane that took off from Azerbaijan en route to Turkey, officials said.

“Our heroic comrades-in-arms were martyred on November 11, 2025, when our C-130 military cargo plane, which had taken off from Azerbaijan en route to our country, crashed near the Georgia-Azerbaijan border,” Defense Minister Yasar Guler said in a message posted on X, together with photographs of those killed in the crash.

In a post on X, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev sent his sympathies to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

What caused the crash?

Georgia’s air traffic control service said the aircraft had disappeared from radar shortly after entering its airspace.

The cause of the crash is still unknown, and an investigation is underway.

An investigation team from Turkey reached the crash site early on Wednesday and was inspecting the plane’s wreckage in coordination with the Georgian authorities, the National Defense Ministry said.

Debris from the plane was spread across multiple locations, according to a report by Turkey’s private broadcaster NTV.

Source : https://www.dw.com/en/turkish-military-plane-crash-all-20-onboard-dead/a-74703512

 

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