Interior Minister visits site of Turkish military plane crash in eastern Georgia

Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs, Geka Geladze, together with First Deputy Minister Roni Meskhi, on Tuesday visited the site of the Turkish military aircraft crash in the Sighnaghi municipality of the country’s eastern region of Kakheti.

The Ministry said intensive rescue and investigative operations were underway at the scene.

Geladze, accompanied by his deputy and heads of various police units, inspected the crash site and received updates from Ministry officials overseeing the ongoing operations.

The Turkish military aircraft crashed about five kilometers from Georgia’s state border, in the Sighnaghi municipality. The plane was flying from Azerbaijan to Turkey at the time of the incident.

An investigation has been launched under Article 275, Part 4 of Georgia’s Criminal Code, which pertains to the violation of air transport safety or operational rules resulting in loss of life.