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Nato military plane crashes with at least 20 on board

Wreckage lies at the site of the Turkish C-130 military cargo plane crash near the Azerbaijani border, in Sighnaghi municipality, Georgia — Wreckage lies at the site of the Turkish C-130 military cargo plane crash near the Azerbaijani border, in Sighnaghi municipality, Georgia (via REUTERS)

A Turkish military C-130 cargo plane crashed in Georgia on Tuesday while returning to Turkey from Azerbaijan, with 20 Turkish personnel on board.
Video footage showed the aircraft spiralling and trailing white smoke before hitting the ground and erupting in a plume of black smoke.
The plane disappeared from radar without transmitting a distress signal shortly after entering Georgian airspace, approximately 5km from the Azerbaijan border.
The cause of the crash and the exact number of casualties are currently unclear, though Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered condolences for "our martyrs".
Search and rescue teams from both Turkey and Georgia are working to reach the crash site in the Sighnaghi municipality of Georgia's Kakheti region.

Large explosion as Nato military plane crashes in Georgia — In full