Twenty killed in Turkish military plane crash in Georgia after leaving Azerbaijan

 

C-130 military cargo planes are widely used by Turkey’s armed forces for transporting personnel and handling logistical operations.

 

All 20 military personnel travelling on a Turkish C-130 cargo plane that crashed in Georgia have been killed, the Turkish government said on Tuesday.

 

The C-130 plane had taken off from Azerbaijan and was on its way back to Turkey when it crashed, Turkey's defence ministry said on X. 
 

Video footage aired on news outlets appeared to show the aircraft spiralling down and leaving a trail of white smoke

 

 

https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/11/turkish-military-c-130-cargo-plane-crashes-in-georgia-after-taking-off-from-azerbaijan

From the video It looks like it has broken up in flight losing the nose in front of the wings and the fuselage behind the wings which is venting fuel a it spirals down. 

 

Wasn't there a US C130 that threw a propeller blade and cut off it's nose section? 

From Flightradar24:

 

Turkish Air Force flight TUAF543 was operated by a Lockheed C-130E Hercules registered as 68-1609. It was 57 years old, delivered from the Lockheed Marietta factory in 1968 and initially served the Royal Saudi Air Force. Records show it entering service with the Turkish Air Force in March 2010.

 

https://www.flightradar24.com/

 

 

c 130s are pretty solid aircraft.   Had it done or wast it preparing for aerial refueling prior to this?  

RIP

The first question to ask is who was on that plane?

3 hours ago, Social Media said:

From the video It looks like it has broken up in flight loosing the nose in front of the wings and the fuselage behind the wings which is venting fuel a it spirals down. 

 

Wasn't there a US C130 that threw a propeller blade and cut off it's nose section? 

 

I think you are referring to this incident where the nose of the aircraft was cut off by the propeller and part of that hit the tail assembly as it came off effectively breaking the remainder of aircraft in two

 

 

What caused the Turkish C-130 plane crash? Experts weigh in on incident that killed 20 Nato soldiers

 

A Turkish military plane crashed in Georgia on Tuesday, killing all 20 people on board in the Nato member’s deadliest military incident for half a decade. 
 

The C-130 cargo aircraft had only just departed Azerbaijan for Turkey before it came plummeting down. Footage posted on social media showed the plane breaking apart in midair, sending its parts hurtling towards the ground. 

 

Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that authorities had found the black box after the crash in the Sighnaghi municipality of Georgia's Kakheti district. A 46-person team was dispatched from Turkey to carry out search and rescue operations alongside Georgian authorities.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkish-military-plane-crash-experts-weigh-in-b2863885.html#