Incidents and Accidents
During its 75-year history, Turkish Airlines has had 3 accidents on its international flights and 18 on domestic flights. They include the following:
| Flight | Date | Aircraft | Location | Description | Casualties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | Injured | ||||||||
| N/A | 17 February 1959 | Vickers Viscount Type 793 | London, England | A Vickers Viscount Type 793, registration TC-SEV, crashed in heavy fog just before landing at London Gatwick Airport. The charter flight was carrying Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and a governmental delegation to London for signing the Zürich and London Agreements on the Cyprus issue. Nine of the 16 passengers and 5 of the 8 crew lost their lives. Menderes, sitting in the back part of the plane, survived the accident almost uninjured and was hospitalized at The London Clinic 90 minutes after receiving first aid from Margaret Bailey, a local resident who rushed to the crash site. | 14 | 10 | |||
| 100 | 23 September 1961 | Fokker F27 Friendship 100 | Ankara, Turkey | A Fokker F27 Friendship 100, registration TC-TAY, crashed at Karanlıktepe on approach to Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara. All of the four crew and 24 of the 25 passengers on board lost their lives. | 24 | 1 | |||
| N/A | 8 March 1962 | Fairchild F27 | Adana, Turkey | A Fairchild F27, registration TC-KOP, crashed at Taurus Mountains on approach to Adana Airport. All three crew and eight passengers on board were killed. | 11 | 0 | |||
| N/A | 3 February 1964 | Douglas C-47A-5-DK | Ankara Province | A Douglas C-47A-5-DK, registration TC-ETI, flew into terrain in Ankara Province whilst on an ILS approach to Esenboğa International Airport. All 3 crew members on board were killed. | 3 | 0 | |||
| N/A | 2 February 1969 | Vickers Viscount | Ankara, Turkey | A Vickers Viscount, registration TC-SET, crashed on approach to Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara. There were no casualties. | 0 | 0 | |||
| N/A | 26 January 1974 | Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 | Izmir, Turkey | A Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000, registered TC-JAO and named Van, on a scheduled domestic flight from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (IZM) to Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) crashed shortly after takeoff due to atmospheric icing on the wings. The aircraft disintegrated and caught fire killing four of the five crew and 62 of the 68 passengers on board. | 66 | 7 | |||
| 981 | 3 March 1974 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 | Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise, France, | Flight 981 crashed in France due to explosive decompression, killing all 346 people aboard. The main cause was a design fault on the cargo doors of DC-10 aircraft, registered TC-JAV and named Ankara. Prior to the Tenerife airport disaster, it was the deadliest aircraft disaster in the world. | 346 | 0 | |||
| 345 | 30 January 1975 | Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship | Istanbul, Turkey | Flight 345, a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship, registered TC-JAP and named Bursa, on a scheduled domestic flight from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (IZM) to Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) crashed into the Sea of Marmara during its final approach at the destination airport and sank. All the four crew and 38 passengers on board the aircraft lost their lives. | 42 | 0 | |||
| 452 | 19 September 1976 | Boeing 727 | Karatepe, Isparta, Turkey | Flight 452, a Boeing 727-2F2, registration TC-JBH, named Antalya, on a domestic flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) to Antalya Airport (AYT/LTAI) struck high ground in Karatepe Mountains during an attempted landing in Isparta instead of Antalya by pilot error. All the eight crew and 146 passeners on board were killed. | 154 | 0 | |||
| N/A | 23 December 1979 | Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 | Ankara | Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000, registration TC-JAT, named Trabzon, on a scheduled domestic flight from Samsun Airport (SSX/LTAQ) to Esenboğa Airport (ESB/LTAC) in Ankara struck a hill in Kuyumcuköy village at Çubuk, 32 km (20 mi) north-east of the destination airport in severe turbulence on approach to landing. Three of the four crew and 38 of the 41 passengers on board were killed. | 41 | 4 | |||
| 158 | 16 January 1983 | Boeing 727 | Ankara, Turkey | Flight 158, a Boeing 727-2F2, registration TC-JBR, named Afyon, landed about 50 m (160 ft) short of the runway at Ankara Esenboğa Airport (ESB/LTAC) in driving snow, broke up and caught fire. 47 passengers died, all of the seven crew and 13 passengers survived the accident with injuries. | 47 | 20 | |||
| 278 | 29 December 1994 | Boeing 737 | Van, Turkey | Flight 278, a Boeing 737-4Y0, registration: TC-JES, named Mersin, crashed during its final approach to land at Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN/LTCI) in driving snow. Five of the seven crew and 52 of the 69 passengers died. | 57 | 19 | |||
| 5904 | 7 April 1999 | Boeing 737 Classic | Ceyhan, Turkey | Flight 5904, a Boeing 737-4Q8, registration TC-JEP, named Trakya, on a repositioning flight crashed in Ceyhan eight minutes after taking off from Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (ADA/LTAF). There were no passengers on board, but all six crew members died in the accident. | 6 | 0 | |||
| 634 | 8 January 2003 | Avro RJ-100 | Diyarbakır, Turkey | Flight 634, an Avro RJ-100, registration: TC-THG, named Konya, crashed while on a VOR/DME approach to runway 34 at Diyarbakır Airport (DIY/LTCC), Turkey. 75 of the 80 passengers and crew died. | 75 | 5 | |||
| 1951 | 25 February 2009 | Boeing 737 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Flight 1951, a Boeing 737–800, registration: TC-JGE, named Tekirdağ, carrying 135 passengers, crashed while approaching Schiphol Airport, Netherlands. Nine people died, including the three pilots. 86 passengers were transported to local hospitals. The preliminary results of the Dutch investigation found that a faulty altimeter caused the aircraft to throttle the engines back to idle and that the crew failed to react quickly enough resulting in a stall and crash. Boeing advised operators of all 737 aircraft to carefully monitor primary flight instruments and not to engage autopilot/throttle systems during approach and landing in event of a radio altimeter malfunction. | 9 | 86 | |||
- On 16 September 1969, a Vickers Viscount was hijacked and landed in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- On 5 January 2011, an attempt was made to hijack Flight 1754 from Gardermoen Airport, Oslo to Ataturk International Airport, Istanbul. The hijacker was overpowered by other passengers on the flight and was arrested when the aircraft landed. The flight was being operated by Boeing 737-800 TC-JGZ.
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