A Turkish military cargo plane has crashed in Georgia while flying from Azerbaijan to return to its home, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.

The crash happened at the Georgia-Azerbaijan border, it said, adding that the affected aircraft was a C-130 military plane.

The ministry added that it was coordinating with Georgian authorities to reach the site of the plane crash.

Search and rescue efforts are underway in coordination with authorities in both countries, it said further.

Visuals of the plane crash circulating on social media show the herculean aircraft undergrowing a free fall as plumes of smoke rise from it as it crashes. The aircraft fell in a mountaneous territory.

Flight tracking websites showed that the plane had departed from Ganja but lost its signal over the

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