Türkiye announces bodies of all 20 victims of military plane crash recovered
Türkiye said Thursday that the body of the 20th soldier who perished in a military cargo plane crash along the Azerbaijan-Georgia border earlier this week had been recovered, meaning all the crash victims are accounted for.
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“As a result of the search efforts in the wreckage of our military cargo plane that crashed on the Azerbaijan-Georgia border, the sacred body of our 20th martyr has been reached,” the National Defense Ministry said in a statement.
On Tuesday, the Turkish C-130 military cargo aircraft en route from Azerbaijan crashed in Georgia.
According to the ministry, the aircraft was carrying 20 people, including the flight crew.
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