Date: Tuesday 11 November 2025
Time: c 07:50 LT
Type: Lockheed C-130EM Hercules
Owner/operator: Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force)
Registration: 68-1609
MSN: 382-4311
Fatalities: Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category: Accident
Location: near Sighnaghi - Georgia
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure airport: Ganja International Airport (GNJ/UBBG)
Destination airport: Turkiye
Narrative:
A Turkish AF Lockheed C-130EM Hercules, operated by 222 Filo, flight HVK543, disintegrated mid-air and crashed near Sighnaghi, Georgia, shortly after departing from Azerbaijan.
All 20 occupants are said to have died in the crash.
ADS-B data from Flightradar24 indicates that the aircraft took off from Ganja at 10:19 UTC. The final datapoint recorded was at 10:49 UTC at FL240.
