Overview
- The C-130 transport crashed in Georgia’s Sighnaghi region shortly after crossing from Azerbaijan, roughly five kilometers inside the border.
- The Turkish Defense Ministry said 20 people were aboard the aircraft, and officials have not issued a casualty count.
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya reported the wreckage was located and that search-and-rescue operations are ongoing in coordination with Georgian and Azerbaijani teams.
- Georgian air navigation authorities said the plane disappeared from radar minutes after entering Georgian airspace and sent no distress signal after departing Ganja.
- Officials asked news outlets not to publish images as videos circulated online, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to “martyrs,” a remark not accompanied by confirmation of deaths.