Turkey’s defense ministry on Wednesday confirmed that all 20 troops aboard a C-130 military transport aircraft were killed when it went down in eastern Georgia near the Azerbaijani border on Tuesday. Despite the confirmation, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a speech that nineteen bodies have been recovered so far, with searches underway for one more.

The crash marks Turkey’s deadliest military incident since 2020. The aircraft had departed from Azerbaijan for Turkey when it crashed on Tuesday, scattering wreckage across a grassy hillside in Georgia’s Sighnaghi municipality.

Erdogan said during a televised address that the aircraft’s flight recorder has been located.

“Our plane’s black box has been found, and inspections have begun,” Erdogan said. “We have recovered the remains

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