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Turkish Airlines Flight 981 ( TK981/THY981) was a scheduled flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport, with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris. On 3 March 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating the flight crashed into the Ermenonville Forest, 37.76 kilometres (23.46 mi) outside Paris, killing all 335 ...
At the time of its occurrence, the Kano air disaster was the deadliest civil aviation accident, [4] a distinction it only held for about 14 months when Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in France and killed 346 people, becoming the overall deadliest aviation disaster (after also surpassing the 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown which claimed 189 ...
The aircraft was a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship registered as TC-JAO with serial number 11057. [1] It made its first flight on 5 September 1972, joined Turkish Airlines on 9 January 1973, and had flown for 2,269 hours over 3,133 flights prior to the accident. [2]
T. 1959 Gatwick Turkish Airlines Viscount crash. 1972 Adana Turkish Airlines DC-9 crash. 1962 Taurus Mountains Turkish Airlines F-27 crash. 1979 Ankara Turkish Airlines F28 crash. Categories: Accidents and incidents by airline of Turkey. Turkish Airlines.
155. Survivors. 0. Turkish Airlines Flight 452 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a Boeing 727-2F2 of Turkish Airlines that crashed near Isparta on 19 September 1976 while en route from Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST/LTBA) to Antalya Airport (AYT/LTAI), killing all 155 occupants on board. The crash is the deadliest aviation ...
TWA Flight 841. / 38.417°N 19.367°E / 38.417; 19.367. On September 8, 1974, a Boeing 707-331B ( registered N8734 [ 1]) operating as TWA Flight 841 from Tel Aviv to New York City via Athens and Rome crashed into the Ionian Sea, killing all aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the plane had been destroyed by ...
January 16 – Turkish Airlines Flight 158, a Boeing 727, lands about 50 metres (160 ft) short of the runway at Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Turkey, in driving snow, breaks up and catches fire; 47 passengers are killed, all seven crew and 13 passengers survive the accident with injuries.
Turkish Airlines (Turkish: Türk Hava Yolları), or legally Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı, [6] is the flag carrier of Turkey. [7] As of June 2024, it operates scheduled services to 349 destinations in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and the Americas, [8] making it the largest mainline carrier in the world by number of passenger destinations.