Overview
- Georgia’s Interior Ministry confirmed the crash in Signagi municipality roughly five kilometers from the state border.
- Turkey’s Defense Ministry identified the aircraft as a Lockheed C-130 Hercules and said operations are coordinated with Tbilisi.
- Turkey’s presidential communications chief said search-and-rescue began immediately and urged the public to rely on official statements.
- Georgian authorities opened an investigation under an article concerning violations of air-safety rules, with the cause still undetermined.
- Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported fatalities from the incident, with no casualty figures released so far.