Speaker: Deeply saddened by tragic crash of Turkish military plane, we stand in solidarity with Türkiye
Speaker: Deeply saddened by tragic crash of Turkish military plane, we stand in solidarity with Türkiye

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili expresses his condolences over the Turkish plane crash and expresses solidarity with Turkey.

“I am deeply saddened by the tragic crash of a Turkish military cargo plane in Georgia. My thoughts are with the families of the crew members who lost their lives. We stand in solidarity with Türkiye in this time of sorrow,” Shalva Papuashvili wrote on the social network X.

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the Turkish military aircraft, flying in the Azerbaijan–Turkey direction, crashed in the Sighnaghi municipality, approximately five kilometers from the Georgian border.

As reported by Sakaeronavigatsia, both Ganja Airport and the Turkish authorities have been informed about the incident. Additionally, the Turkish Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a Turkish C-130 transport aircraft crashed on the Georgia–Azerbaijan border.