A Turkish C-130 military cargo plane carrying 20 military personnel on board crashed in Georgia after taking off from Azerbaijan on Tuesday, according to Turkish and Georgian authorities.

The accident prompted Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to offer condolences for "our martyrs" as search and rescue crews headed for the scene. However, there was no word on the number of casualties at the time of writing this story.

While finishing a speech in Ankara, Erdogan was handed a note by his aides, after which he said he was saddened to hear about the plane's crash.

"God willing, we will overcome this crash with minimum hardships. May God rest the soul of our martyrs, and let us be with them through our prayers," he said. Erdogan's office did not provide the number of casualties or what caused

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