""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 the military personnel that were killed. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan interrupted a speech in Ankara to pay tribute to "our martyrs.""
"Georgia's air traffic control service said the aircraft had disappeared from radar shortly after entering its airspace. The cause of the of the crash is still unknown and an investigation is underway. An investigation teamfrom Turkey reached the crash site early on Wednesday and was inspecting the wreckage of the plane, in coordination with the Georgian authorities, the National Defense Ministry said."
On November 11, 2025, a Turkish C-130 Hercules cargo plane that had taken off from Azerbaijan en route to Turkey crashed near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border, killing all 20 military personnel on board. Georgia's air traffic control said the aircraft disappeared from radar shortly after entering Georgian airspace. Turkish officials deployed an investigation team to inspect wreckage in coordination with Georgian authorities, and debris was found across multiple locations. Cause of the crash remains unknown and investigators are examining footage and wreckage. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev expressed condolences.
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