Azerbaijan Turkish military plane crashes - 20 occupants dead
The entire crew of a Turkish military plane has died in a crash in the border region between Georgia and Azerbaijan. The Turkish Ministry of Defense published pictures of the 20 deceased military personnel on Platform X this morning. According to the Anadolu news agency, the cause of the crash has not yet been determined.
12.11.2025, 07:16
SDA
According to Turkish sources, the aircraft was a C130 transport plane that had taken off from Azerbaijan and was headed for Turkey. Images purporting to show the incident have been circulating on social media. They show an aircraft plummeting vertically to the ground at high speed. The footage cannot be verified. Georgian and Turkish search and rescue teams had been dispatched to the region, according to Anadolu.
The Georgian Interior Ministry told the Russian news agency Tass that the plane had crashed in a Georgian district about five kilometers from the border. The crash is being investigated for violations of aviation safety or operating regulations, it added.
