Turkey's Ministry of Defense confirmed that 20 soldiers were killed on Tuesday when a military cargo plane crashed in neighboring Georgia on its way back from Azerbaijan.

Georgian Interior Minister Gela Geladze said 18 bodies had been found at the crash site of the Turkish C-130 plane, adding that the search continued for two more bodies, according to the Reuters news agency.

Communication with the plane was lost 27 minutes into its flight to Turkey, according to media outlets in the country.

Video posted online and aired by Turkish media showed the tail of the plane breaking off from the fuselage in the air as the large plane spun out of control and plunged toward the earth. Another clip shared by the Reuters news agency showed debris scattered across farmland in Georgia.

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