터키공군의 C-160 트랜잘이 터키 중부 카이세리에서 이륙 도중 기술적 문제로 비상착륙했네요. 프랑스-독일의 기체들이 퇴역하면서 터키 공군이 운용하는 2기가 마지막 기체라고 합니다. 추락한 기체는 전자정찰형이라고 합니다.
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Turkish Air Force C-160 makes emergency landing during training exercise: video
BYCLEMENT CHARPENTREAU
2024-01-25
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A C-160 transport aircraft belonging to the Turkish Air Force was forced to make an emergency landing during a routine training exercise in Kayseri, central Turkey, due to a technical malfunction.
The incident occurred as the aircraft was taking off from the Kayseri 12th Air Transport Base Command for a scheduled training session.
While the aircraft sustained minor damage, authorities have confirmed that both the pilot and the crew emerged unscathed from the emergency landing.
“Our aircraft suffered minor damage,” the Turkish Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “The health of our pilots and crew is good.”
Footage shared on social media shows the aircraft flying at low altitude over a road with its landing gears up.
Developed by the French-German consortium Transport Allianz, the Transall is a twin-engine aircraft that can transport approximately 16 tons of freight, 91 passengers, 60 equipped paratroopers, or 62 wounded on stretchers in medivac configuration.
Since France and Germany retired the aircraft, respectively in 2021 and 2022, the Turkish Air Force is the last remaining operator of two C-160D Transall aircraft, flown by the 221st Squadron “Breeze”. The crashed aircraft was identified as tail number 69-036, which was used as an electronic reconnaissance platform.