Overview
- Turkey’s defense ministry confirmed that a Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed on Georgian territory with 20 fatalities.
- Turkish authorities are coordinating recovery efforts with Georgian counterparts, and the presidential office promised a meticulous investigation.
- CNN Türk reported that the aircraft’s flight recorder has been delivered to Turkey.
- The pro-government newspaper Türkiye said the wreckage will be taken to the Erkilet airbase in Kayseri for technical examination.
- Türkiye also reported no distress call before the crash, a circulated video allegedly showing the tail separating, and witnesses describing fire only after the aircraft fell, with the cause pending official analysis.