Most wreckage of Turkish C-130 crash transported to Türkiye for investigation

Most of the wreckage of the Turkish Air Force C-130 military cargo plane that crashed near the Azerbaijan-Georgia border has been transported to Türkiye, officials confirmed.

A crash investigation team, deployed to the site immediately after the November 11 incident, continues its work. After detailed examinations at the scene, the debris was carefully loaded onto trucks and moved to the 2nd Air Maintenance Factory Directorate in Kayseri province, central Anatolia, which operates under the Ministry of National Defence’s Military Factories Directorate, Caliber.Az reports via Turkish media. 

Analysis of the aircraft’s black box has also begun. Authorities expect the cause of the crash to become clearer once on-site inspections and black box decoding are completed. The investigation team will continue working at the crash site through the weekend.

The C-130 went down near the Azerbaijan-Georgia border, killing all 20 personnel on board.

National Defence Minister Yasar Guler told reporters after a Cabinet meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on November 17 that decoding the flight recorders and obtaining initial findings would take at least two months.

"According to preliminary findings, although not certain, the tail section breaks off first. Then it splits into three parts. These will be clarified by the black box," the minister said, adding that the black box is currently being examined by the Turkish Aerospace Industry (TUSAS).

By Sabina Mammadli