US EditionTragedy in Georgia: Turkish Plane Crash Investigation Underway
- Turkey's Defense Minister Yaşar Güler stated that analyzing the black box of the crashed C-130 cargo plane in Georgia could take at least two months to complete.
- The crash resulted in the deaths of 20 soldiers, marking Turkey's highest military death toll since 2020.
- Preliminary findings suggested that the tail of the aircraft may have detached first, but definitive conclusions will await the black box analysis.
- Turkey's defense ministry reported that the crashed C-130 cargo plane underwent its last maintenance just a month before the accident.
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Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said today that it will take at least two months to obtain the results of the analysis of the black box of the Turkish C-130 cargo plane that crashed in Georgia last week, killing 20 Turkish soldiers.
Tragedy in Georgia: Turkish Plane Crash Investigation Underway
A Turkish cargo plane crashed in Georgia, resulting in the death of 20 soldiers. Defence Minister Yasar Guler indicated that analyzing the black box and reaching initial findings will take at least two months. This tragic event marks Turkey's highest military death toll since 2020.
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The Straits TimesTurkey says black box analysis, initial findings on cargo plane crash to take at least two months
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Monday it would take at least two months to reach initial findings and analyse the black box of a Turkish cargo plane that crashed in Georgia last week and left 20 soldiers dead.The C-130 cargo aircraft had left Azerbaijan for Turkey and crashed in Georgia, marking the NATO member's highest military death toll since 2020. Ankara has said it was investigating the cause of the crash.
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