New thriller with her plane Turkey happened this time over the Croatian.
On the evening of Thursday 13.11.2025, the traces of a firefighting aircraft of Turkey, flying over Croatia, were lost.
Latest information indicates that the aircraft has crashed and its pilot is dead.
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One more Turkish aircraft crashed
According to Croatian sources, a firefighting plane belonging to the Turkish General Directorate of Forestry crashed. https://t.co/dwB4bpdzjw pic.twitter.com/2CSUrAcRcB
— Open News© (@OpenNewNews) November 13, 2025
The Turkish pilot of the firefighting plane died when the AT802 plane crashed near the Croatian coastal town of Seni during a maintenance flight, according to the Croatian Firefighters’ Association.
The announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey
“Two AT802 firefighting aircraft belonging to our Directorate General of Forestry departed the Dardanelles on Wednesday 12 November at 10:24am. for scheduled maintenance in Zagreb, Croatia. Due to weather conditions, the two aircraft spent the night at Rečica Airport in Croatia.
After taking off for Zagreb Airport today (Thursday 13 November 2025) at 5:38 pm. Turkey time, they returned to Retzika Airport due to adverse weather conditions.
On the return leg, one of our aircraft landed at Retzika Airport, but wireless contact with the other aircraft was lost at 6:25 p.m. Turkey time.
Search and rescue efforts have been launched in coordination with Croatian units to locate our pilot in command and the aircraft.
We will continue to update the public as soon as details regarding the matter are clarified.”
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC
Two AT802 fire-fighting aircraft belonging to our General Directorate of Forestry departed from Çanakkale at 10:24 on Wednesday, November 12, for the planned maintenance activity in Zagreb, Croatia. 2 aircraft spent the night in Rejika, Croatia due to meteorological conditions.
— TR Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (@TCTarim) November 13, 2025
The new incident happened a few days ago after the C-130 crash that killed 20 in Georgia.
Be informed, the plane crashed. pic.twitter.com/L0irViBazT
— LeftistSecular. (@CHPsefiriYdk) November 13, 2025
The Turkish C-130 had taken off from Azerbaijan bound for Turkey, but for an unspecified – so far – reason it crashed in an area near the border with Georgia.