Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Turkey's defense minister confirmed Wednesday that all 20 military personnel aboard a Turkish cargo plane that crashed in Georgia have died. The C-130 aircraft had departed from Ganja, Azerbaijan, and was en route to Turkey when it went down Tuesday in Georgia's Sighnaghi municipality, near the Azerbaijani border. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

A Turkish investigation team arrived at the site early Wednesday to examine the wreckage in cooperation with Georgian authorities, according to the National Defense Ministry. Footage from Turkish broadcaster NTV showed the crash debris scattered across farmland surrounded by hills. Pieces of the aircraft were found across several locations.

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