Turkiye suspends C-130 flights after fatal plane crash
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Istanbul: Turkiye suspended flights by its C 130 military cargo planes as a precautionary measure a day after one crashed in neighbouring Georgia, kil...
Istanbul: Turkiye suspended flights by its C-130 military cargo planes as a precautionary measure a day after one crashed in neighbouring Georgia, killing all 20 people on board, the defence ministry said Thursday.
The plane crashed on Tuesday while returning home from Azerbaijan, with the victims' bodies due to be repatriated on Thursday, the ministry said.
"Flights by our (C-130) planes have been suspended as of November 12, 2025," a ministry statement said, adding that operations would resume once all planebs had undergone detailed technical inspections and safety checks.
The plane took off from Ganja airport in western Azerbaijan on Tuesday afternoon but crashed shortly after crossing the border into eastern Georgia, the ministry said at the time.
Turkiye has not said what caused the incident, but dramatic footage taken by eyewitnesses and published by Azerbaijani media appeared to show the plane spinning horizontally alongside several bits of debris as it fell.
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