What's behind the deadly crash of a Turkish military plane? | DW News

All 20 military personnel on board a Turkish military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia were killed, Turkey's defense minister announced on Wednesday. The personnel were on board the C-130 Hercules plane that took off from Azerbaijan en route to Turkey, officials said. The country's defense minister posted a message saying: "Our heroic comrades-in-arms were martyred."

What caused the crash?
Georgia's air traffic control service said the aircraft had disappeared from radar shortly after entering its airspace. The cause of the crash is still unknown, and an investigation is underway. An investigation team from Turkey reached the crash site early on Wednesday and was inspecting the plane's wreckage in coordination with the Georgian authorities, the National Defense Ministry said. Debris from the plane was spread across multiple locations, according to a report by Turkey's private broadcaster NTV.

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