{"id":120562,"date":"2025-11-12T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=120562"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:38:17","slug":"turkish-air-force-c-130-military-aircraft-crashes-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/turkish-air-force-c-130-military-aircraft-crashes-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s Longest Continuously Produced Military Aircraft Crashes in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GEORGIA-<\/strong> A Turkish Air Force C-130 military cargo plane carrying 20 personnel crashed in eastern Georgia<\/a> near the Azerbaijan border on Tuesday (November 11, 2025), authorities confirmed. The aircraft was returning to Turkey after departing from Baku when it lost contact and went down in mountainous terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, along with officials from Georgia and Azerbaijan, acknowledged the likelihood of casualties among those on board, though no official death toll has been released. Search and rescue teams reached the crash site as investigations began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkish Air Force C-130 Crash in Georgia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Turkey\u2019s Ministry of National Defense, the C-130 Hercules had taken off from Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) in Baku and was en route to Turkey<\/a> when it disappeared from radar shortly after entering Georgian airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgian aviation authorities reported that radio contact was lost within minutes, and the aircraft issued no distress signal before impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eyewitness video circulated by Turkish<\/a> news outlets showed the aircraft spiraling down, trailing smoke before hitting the ground near Sighnaghi municipality in Georgia\u2019s Kakheti region. The crash site, located close to the Azerbaijan border, was secured by Georgian emergency services around 5 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey\u2019s defense ministry says a Turkish military cargo plane crashed near the Azerbaijan-Georgia border on Tuesday.

The ministry said on X that the C-130 plane had taken off from Azerbaijan and was on its way back to Turkey.

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