Breaking: 20 Soldiers Die as Turkish Plane Crashes in Georgia
The 20 soldiers on board a Turkish C-130 military cargo aircraft, which crashed in Georgia, close to its border with Azerbaijan, have been confirmed dead. The Turkish Defence Ministry disclosed the development after investigators observed the cause of the incident at the scene.
The Turkish Defence Ministry confirmed the development on Wednesday, following the crash of the plane, which took off from the Azerbaijani city of Ganja, which was nearby.
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Defence Minister Yasar Guler, in a social media post, said that “Our heroic comrades-in-arms were martyred,” and subsequently added the photographs of the deceased in uniforms.
According to the ministry, the Georgian authorities are working with a Turkish accident investigation, and are already on inspection of the wreckage at the crash scene in the Sighnaghi municipality of Kakheti district in the early hours of Wednesday, November 12.
Al Jazeera reported that the crash was the deadliest incident in Turkiye's military since 2020, and it happened about 5km (3.1 miles) from the Georgian-Azerbaijani border.
Sakaeronavigatsia, Georgia's air traffic control service, disclosed that soon after it entered the country's airspace, it disappeared from the radar. It reported that the plane did not send prior signal before the crash.
Azerbaijani media has published dramatic footage that shows the aircraft sending a large cloud of black smoke into the sky after it crashed, and its debris strewn on the ground.
This came just two months after a tragic turn of events, a pilot has reportedly lost his life after a light plane crashed during agricultural spraying operations in the state of South Australia, the police said.
According to the SA police statement, the crash occurred in fields near the small town of Yeelanna, 275 km west of the state capital of Adelaide, at around 1:30 p.m. local time. The pilot and the sole occupant, a 36-year-old man, died at the scene.
As reported by Australia Broadcasting Corporation, major crash investigators were deployed on Monday night, September 8, to examine the circumstances surrounding the crash, SA Police said. It added that the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will also investigate the incident.
Source: Legit.ng
