A Turkish Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, which took off from Azerbaijan with Turkish military personnel after a parade in Baku, crashed in Georgia.
The plane took off from Ganja at 14:19 local time and remained in the air for 40 minutes. It disappeared from radar without sending a distress signal. According to social media posts, several other planes were in the sky at the same time.
Preliminary reports indicate that everyone on board was killed. There were 20 military personnel on board, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
Search and rescue operations have begun in coordination with the Georgian authorities, and Ankara is coordinating the search and rescue operation with Tbilisi, according to the press service of the Turkish Ministry of Defense.