ANKARA, Turkey– ANKARA, Turkey (AP)– Turkey has actually momentarily based its C-130 armed forces freight airplanes as a safety measure, the Protection Ministry introduced Thursday, complying with a crash in Georgia that asserted the lives of all 20 armed forces employees aboard.
The freight aircraft was flying from Marijuana, Azerbaijan to Turkey when it crashed in Georgia’s Sighnaghi district, near to the Azerbaijani boundary, on Tuesday. The root cause of the accident is being explored.
The armed forces employees belonged to a system in charge of the repair and maintenance of Turkish F-16 jets that had actually flown to Azerbaijan to take part in that nation’s Success Day events. The occasion significant Azerbaijan’s 2020 military success over Armenia for control of the Karabakh region, well-known globally as Nagorno-Karabakh, a dispute that had actually lasted virtually 4 years.
The National Protection Ministry stated C-130 trips were momentarily put on hold to permit the airplane to go through in-depth technological examinations. Just those that effectively pass the checks would certainly be permitted to return to flying, the ministry stated in a declaration.
C-130 armed forces freight airplanes are extensively made use of by Turkey’s militaries for carrying employees and managing logistical procedures.
Turkey sent off a mishap examination group to establish the root cause of the accident. The ministry stated the aircraft’s trip information recorder and cabin voice information recorder were sent out to Turkey and were on trial in Ankara.
The airplane was bought from Saudi Arabia in 2012 and was contributed to Turkey’s Flying force supply in 2014 after undertaking upkeep treatments. It later on undertook innovation and had actually remained in usage because 2022. Its newest arranged upkeep was finished on Oct. 12, the ministry stated.
The ministry stated there was no ammo aboard the airplane when it collapsed.
Particles from the airplane was spread throughout several places, and the remains of the 20th sufferer were recouped on Thursday.
Funeral services will certainly be held after the remains are gone back to Turkey and postmortem examinations are finished.
