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Turkish Airlines BAe 146-300 plane crash

Diyarbakir, Turkey
Turkish Airlines BAe 146-300 plane crash - Diyarbakir, Turkey

Key facts

Airline
Turkish Airlines
Aircraft
BAe 146-300
Location
Diyarbakir, Turkey
Date
8th January, 2003
People on board
80
Fatalities
75

Accident account

The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight from Istanbul to Diyarbakir. Due to the bad weather conditions at the destination airport, it had to perform a non-precision approach. But it crashed short of the runway and broke apart.

Weather around the time of the accident was poor, with fog and mist reported. Only 5 out of the 80 passengers and crew members survived.

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