Turkish military training plane goes missingJanuary 17, 2012 - 18:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A T-37C military training plane with two crew members on board got missing Monday, January 16 afternoon, the Turkish general staff said. The plane lost contact with the Cigli Air Force Base in the western province of Izmir at about 16:05 (1405 GMT) on Monday after taking off, said the Turkish general staff in a statement posted on its website. "All contact with the T-37C type training plane was lost at about 16:05 on Monday while the plane was on a training mission in the Aliaga gulf," said the statement. Turkey's semi-official news agency Anatolia quoted Izmir Governor Cahit Kirac as saying that "According to eyewitnesses, the training plane crashed into the Aegean Sea about 7 to 8 kilometers north of Foca town at around 16:30 to 16:45 on Monday." A search and rescue operation, involving several ambulances, a CN-235 plane, a Cougar helicopter, three coast guard boats and a search and rescue ship of the Turkish navy, has begun in the region. However, so far the training plane has not been found, and the search and rescue operation is ongoing, according to the Turkish general staff, CRI reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |