Overview
- Officials said radio contact and location data were lost minutes after the jet departed the 9th Main Jet Base in Balıkesir around 00:50–00:56 local time.
- Search-and-rescue teams located the wreckage and confirmed the single pilot’s death.
- The governor of Balıkesir shared photos and video from the crash site on social media.
- Turkish media reported a temporary closure of the İzmir–Istanbul highway near Naipli in the Karesi area where the aircraft went down.
- Coverage noted a November crash of a Turkish C-130 near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border that killed 20 service members.