Overview
- Turkey’s Defense Ministry confirmed all 20 people aboard were killed and published photos of the deceased servicemembers.
- The C-130 departed Azerbaijan for Turkey and disappeared from radar shortly after entering Georgian airspace, crashing about five kilometers from the Azerbaijani border.
- Georgian and Turkish crews, coordinated with Azerbaijan, located an extensive debris field at the site and found no survivors.
- Investigators transferred the aircraft’s black box to Ankara for analysis, and Georgian authorities reported no mayday signal was received.
- The cause remains unknown as Georgia examines potential safety or operational violations, with unverified videos pointing to a possible in‑flight breakup and local media reporting some Azerbaijani soldiers may have been aboard.