The Gendarmerie criminal report prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office within the scope of the investigation into the C-130 type Turkish military cargo plane that crashed on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border, found that there was no trace of any external intervention or explosives on the plane. Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office Military Crimes Investigation Bureau continues its investigation into the C-130 type aircraft with tail number “68-1609” belonging to the Air Forces Command, which crashed in the Kakheti region of Georgia on November 11, 2025, killing 20 soldiers.
In the investigation, where international procedures were implemented to collect evidence at the accident scene, examine the wreckage and take witness statements, the evidence was brought to Turkey without being obscured by acting in full cooperation with Georgia within the framework of bilateral agreements. The examinations carried out by the Forensic Medicine Institute on the bodies of the martyrs, who were brought from Tbilisi to Ankara Mürted Airport by the “A400M” type aircraft belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF), were completed and added to the file.
The gendarmerie report is in the investigation file. The criminal report of the Gendarmerie General Command, which was included in the investigation file, included the results of the first technical examinations carried out on the wreckage of the plane. In the report, “There was no trace of shrapnel caused by any ammunition that would explode near the aircraft, nor was there any trace of damage caused by the ammunition hitting.
No trace of explosion that would occur as a result of the explosion of the improvised explosive device, or any explosive device or the elements of this device was found.” statements were included. The report stated that no fire-starting petroleum derivatives or fire accelerating substances were found, and that no suspicious chemical substances were found as a result of the “element analysis” made in the wreckage of the plane.
It is being investigated why the plane crashed. On the other hand, the Air Forces Command Evaluation and Inspection Directorate’s investigations into why the plane crashed are continuing. In the technical studies carried out simultaneously in Georgia and Turkey, the findings and data obtained by the expert units of TÜBİTAK, TUSAŞ, MKE and the Air Force Command are meticulously analyzed. It was learned that following this process carried out at international standards, first the preliminary accident report and then the final report will be prepared.
It was also noted that within the scope of the investigation, examinations of the digital materials and phones of the martyred personnel are continuing. Source: AA
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