Overview
- The transport departed Ganja, Azerbaijan, on a flight bound for Turkey before crashing on Georgian territory.
- Georgia’s Interior Ministry located the site in Sighnaghi municipality about five kilometers from the Azerbaijan border.
- Turkey’s Defense Ministry confirmed the crash and said search-and-rescue is underway in coordination with Georgian and Azerbaijani authorities.
- Georgian authorities opened a criminal investigation under Part 4 of Article 275, which addresses aviation operation violations resulting in death.
- Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev offered condolences to Turkey, while social-media video reviewed by reporters shows the airframe breaking up and separate claims of a pilot ejection remain unverified.