A Turkish military plane with at least 20 people on board has crashed in Georgia close to the border with Azerbaijan, Turkiye’s Defence Ministry has said.

There were no immediate reports on the number of casualties or the cause of the accident involving a C-130 cargo plane, which had taken off from the Azerbaijani city of Ganja on Tuesday.

However, both Turkiye and Azerbaijan, which are close allies, have indicated that there have been fatalities.

Turkiye’s Defence Ministry said 20 Turkish personnel, including flight crew, were on the C-130 plane, but did not mention possible passengers of other nationalities.

Local media said that Azerbaijani personnel were also travelling on the United States-made aircraft, which was heading back to Turkiye when it crashed.

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