Turkey holds funeral for 20 military personnel killed in Georgia plane crash

Turkey has held a solemn ceremonial for 20 subject unit killed successful a level clang successful Georgia

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey held a solemn ceremonial ceremonial connected Friday for 20 subject unit who were killed successful a level crash successful Georgia.

The C-130 subject cargo was flying from Ganja, Azerbaijan, to Turkey erstwhile it crashed successful Georgia’s Sighnaghi municipality, adjacent to the Azerbaijani border, connected Tuesday. The origin of the clang is nether investigation.

The victims included unit members and subject unit liable for the attraction and repair of Turkish F-16 jets that had flown to Azerbaijan to enactment successful that country’s Victory Day celebrations. The lawsuit marked Azerbaijan’s 2020 subject occurrence implicit Armenia for power of the Karabakh region, known internationally arsenic Nagorno-Karabakh, a struggle that had lasted astir 4 decades.

Families, officials and chap soldiers paid their respects successful beforehand of the 20 coffins, draped successful the nationalist flag, astatine an airbase successful Ankara. The deceased were aboriginal taken to their hometowns for burials.

The subject has temporarily grounded its 18 remaining C-130 subject cargo planes arsenic a precaution pending method inspections.

C-130 planes are wide utilized by Turkey’s equipped forces for transporting unit and handling logistical operations.

Turkey instantly dispatched an mishap probe squad to find the origin of the crash. The plane’s formation information recorder and cockpit dependable information recorder were nether introspection successful Ankara, the National Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said determination was nary ammunition connected committee the craft erstwhile it crashed.

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