Overview
- Turkey’s Defense Ministry suspended C-130 flights for inspections after Tuesday’s crash near Sighnaghi, close to the Azerbaijan border.
- All 20 Turkish military personnel aboard were confirmed dead, with the final set of remains recovered on Thursday, according to officials.
- The C-130 had departed Ganja, Azerbaijan, and vanished from radar minutes after entering Georgian airspace without issuing a distress call.
- Crash footage showed the aircraft spiraling and trailing smoke; debris was scattered across multiple locations, complicating recovery.
- Flight data and cockpit voice recorders were transferred to Ankara for analysis as Turkish, Georgian and Azerbaijani authorities coordinate the investigation; the cause remains undetermined.