Overview
- Authorities confirmed the wreckage and the pilot’s body were found near Senj, with Croatian media identifying the site near Krivi Put by a roadside.
- The aircraft, operated by Turkey’s General Directorate of Forestry, was repositioning from Çanakkale to Zagreb for maintenance.
- After an overnight stop in Rijeka due to poor weather, two similar aircraft departed at 14:38 GMT for Zagreb before both turned back as conditions worsened.
- One plane lost radio contact at 15:25 GMT, and Croatian services later reported it disappeared from radar at 16:53 local time before firefighters located the burning wreck.
- Minister İbrahim Yumaklı confirmed the discovery and offered condolences, and Turkish and Croatian authorities have opened investigations as the incident follows a deadly Turkish C-130 crash in Georgia this week.