Azerbaijan mourns with Türkiye over pilots fallen in Kayseri plane crash

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has expressed condolences in connection with the plane crash in the Turkish city of Kayseri.

"We are deeply saddened by the news of the plane crash in the city of Kayseri in brotherly Türkiye. We express our deep condolences to the families and loved ones of the pilots killed in the crash and to the brotherly people of Türkiye. Allah rəhmət eləsin!," Caliber.Az reports, citing a post the Ministry published on its X page on June 6. 

Qardaş #Türkiyənin Kayseri şəhərində baş vermiş təyyarə qəzası xəbəri bizə son dərəcə kədərləndirdi.

Qəza zamanı həlak olmuş pilotların ailələrinə və yaxınlarına, qardaş Türkiyə xalqına dərin hüznlə başsağlığı veririk.

Allah rəhmət eləsin!@MFATurkiye @TC_Disisleri

— MFA Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 (@AzerbaijanMFA) June 4, 2024

Türkiye’s National Defence Ministry announced earlier that a military plane crashed during training on June 6. Emergency teams were dispatched to the crash site and found out that both pilots were killed in the crash, the ministry added.

The SF-260D training plane crashed into an agricultural field in central Türkiye, after taking off from an Air Force base near the city of Kayseri.

The Turkish ministry said the cause of the crash remains unknown. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that authorities have initiated an investigation.