Crew and Passengers
The eight crew consisted of three pilots, one navigator, one mechanic and three flight attendants, of whom five lost their lives.
- Münir Ozbek, Captain (38)- (in command) – killed
- Lütfi Biberoglu, Captain (35) – (second pilot) – killed
- Sabri Kazmaoglu, Captain (35) – (reserve pilot) – killed
- Gündüz Tezel, Captain (42) – (navigator) – killed
- Türkay Erkay – (steward) – seriously injured
- Gönül Uygur – (stewardess) – killed
- Yurdanur Yelkovan – (stewardess) – seriously injured
- Kemal Itık – (supernumerary mechanic) – uninjured
There were officially sixteen passengers on board, of which nine died at the accident. However, the list of names that appeared in the news included a total of seventeen passengers.
- Adnan Menderes (Prime minister) – uninjured
- Server Somuncuoğlu (Press, Media and Tourism Minister) – killed
- Muzaffer Ersü (Private secretary of Prime minister) – killed
- Şefik Fenmen (Deputy private secretary of Prime minister) – light injured
- Melih Esenbel (Secretary General of Foreign Ministry) – light injured
- İlhan Savut (Head of 2nd Department of Foreign Ministry) – killed
- Mehmet Ali Görmüş (Private secretary of Press, Media and Tourism Minister) – killed
- Sedat Görmüş (Secretary of Foreign Minister) – killed
- Güner Türkmen (Secretary of Foreign Minister) – killed
- Arif Demirer (Deputy of Afyonkarahisar Province) – injured
- Emin Kalafat (Deputy of Çanakkale Province) – injured
- Kemal Zeytinoğlu (Deputy of Eskişehir Province, former Public Works Minister) – killed
- Rıfat Kadıoğlu (Deputy of Sakarya Province) – injured
- Abdullah Parla (General Manager of Turkish Airlines) – killed
- Şerif Arzık (General Manager of Anadolu News Agency) – killed
- Burhan Tan (Photo reporter of Newspaper Akşam) – killed
- Kazım Nefes (Police bodyguard) – injured
Read more about this topic: 1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick Crash
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