Everyone died! US-made transport plane spiraled down, disintegrated in mid-air, all on board died

November 12 report, a Turkish Air Force C-130 transport plane crashed inside Georgia, all 20 military personnel on board were killed.

The Turkish Ministry of Defense confirmed that the plane had taken off from the Ganja Airport in Azerbaijan, and suddenly disappeared from radar during flight, without sending any distress signal.

Footage released by Georgian television shows the plane spiraling down from high altitude, disintegrating in mid-air, with debris scattered in the valley.

After the accident, the Turkish president ordered a full investigation into the cause of the accident.

According to current information, the crashed C-130 belongs to an old model produced by the American company Lockheed in the 1970s, which has been in service for several decades.

The Turkish Air Force has relied on this model for cross-border transport missions for many years, but aging aircraft and maintenance pressure have always been a concern.

Public flight track data shows that the plane experienced abnormal climbing shortly after takeoff, then suddenly lost contact in the eastern border area of Georgia.

Video shows the body of the plane bursting into flames and breaking into several parts, possibly due to structural failure or wing loss.

This tragedy once again exposed the safety risks of the aging fleet of the Turkish Air Force. Although the C-130 series is one of the most widely used transport planes in the world, many of these aircraft have long exceeded their design life and are still performing high-intensity tasks.

In the past ten years, Turkey has introduced some A400M transport planes, but it has not been able to replace the old ones yet.

Currently, the search and investigation are ongoing. The Georgian side has sent police and military to block the scene, and joint Turkish experts are extracting wreckage for analysis. The Turkish military said that after completing DNA matching, they will release the list of the deceased.

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