ANKARA. Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says a Turkish military cargo plane crashed near the Azerbaijan-Georgia border on Tuesday.

The ministry said on X that the C-130 plane had taken off from Azerbaijan and was on its way back to Turkey.

It was not clear how many crew were on board the aircraft.

A search and rescue operation has been launched in coordination with Azerbaijani and Georgian authorities, the ministry said.

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