Turkey grounds all active C-130 "Hercules" military transport aircraft in the country.

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense said on the 13th that the Turkish military has suspended all active C-130 "Hercules" military transport aircraft from the 12th. A Turkish military C-130 "Hercules" military transport aircraft crashed in Georgia on the way back from Azerbaijan to Turkey on the 11th, killing all 20 people on board. The Turkish Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on the 13th that the military is analyzing the flight data recorder of the crashed military aircraft that has arrived in the capital Ankara. It is still too early to determine the cause of the crash. Flight operations will only resume after the specific technical inspections of this aircraft model are completed and confirmed to be safe. The C-130 "Hercules" transport aircraft was developed by Lockheed Martin in the United States. According to reports, the Turkish Armed Forces currently have a total of 19 of this type of transport aircraft.