4 aircraft accidents in Turkey since 2000

The Boeing 737-800 operated by Pegasus took off from Izmir, Turkey, for a passenger flight to Istanbul, Turkey. 177 passengers and 6 crewmembers were onboard. The plane landed at Istanbul airport but overran the end of the runway, impacted the airport perimeter wall and broke into three parts about 170 meters (550 feet) past the runway end. Three passengers died, 179 people were taken to hospitals with injuries. The aircraft is damaged beyond repair.

The MD-83 was leased by Atlasjet airline from Istanbul-based World Focus Airlines. It departed Istanbul, Turkey, for a passenger flight to Isparta, Turkey, with 50 passengers and 7 crewmembers onboard. The plane crashed by night in mountainous terrain a few minutes before landing at Isparta airport. There are no survivors. A few seconds before the accident, the pilot had informed the Isparta airport’s control tower that the landing strip was in sight and descent was proceeding normally. The air traffic controller instructed them to continue their approach. But then, the aircraft disappeared from the radar screen. The plane's wreckage was found five hours later on a 1,830-metre (6,003-foot) hill called Turbe Tepe (Shrine Peak), near Cukuroren village, some 12 kilometres (7 miles) from Isparta airport. The fuselage and wings of the aircraft were torn apart and pieces of metal and bodies, some still in their seats, were scattered across the area. The McDonnell Douglas-83 crashed in an area that was outside its flight path, but it is still unknown why the plane veered off course. It is suspected the plane's tail hit a hilltop and that the MD-83 fell on its fuselage with the force of the impact.

The aircraft, on a military charter flight from Kabul, Afghanistan to Zaragoza, Spain, crashed while on its third landing attempt for a refueling stop at the Black Sea port city of Trabzon. All 75 people onboard were killed. An international commission that investigated the crash ruled that the company and its staff were guilty of the accident. A tired and untrained crew, violations of international passenger transportation rules and poor technical condition of the plane caused the accident.

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.