Overview
- Defense Minister Yasar Guler said all 20 people aboard were killed and posted 20 photographs of the fallen.
- The aircraft went down on Georgian territory in the Signagi municipality about five kilometers from the Azerbaijan border, officials said.
- The C-130 had departed Ganja for Turkey, and Turkish and Georgian authorities have begun inspections at the crash site as the cause remains undetermined.
- Georgian prosecutors opened a case under Article 275(4), which addresses violations of air-transport operation rules that result in death.
- Radio Svoboda-verified videos show the airframe breaking apart, and reports of a pilot ejection remain unconfirmed as leaders offered condolences and Lockheed Martin pledged support to the inquiry.