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Turkish Airlines Flight 835

Coordinates: 40°00′N 32°54′E / 40°N 32.9°E / 40; 32.9
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Turkish Airlines Flight 835
A Fokker F27-100 of Turkish Airlines
Crash
Date23 September 1961
SummaryStruck hill on final approach
SiteKaranlıktepe, Ankara Province, Turkey
40°00′N 32°54′E / 40°N 32.9°E / 40; 32.9
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFokker F27 Friendship 100
OperatorTurkish Airlines
RegistrationTC-TAY
StopoverAdana Şakirpaşa Airport, Turkey
DestinationEsenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey
Passengers25
Crew4
Fatalities28
Survivors1

Turkish Airlines Flight 835 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Adana Şakirpaşa Airport,to Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey. On 23 September 1961 at 20:02 EET (18:02 UTC), the aircraft operating the flight, a brand-new Fokker F27 Friendship 100 struck the Karanlıktepe hill in Ankara Province on final approach some 18 kilometres (11 mi) off the runway centerline.[1]

There were 25 passengers and four crew on board, of which 24 passengers and all four crew members were killed in the accident.[2]

The probable cause of the accident was that the aircraft was not in the normal flying pattern and was well below its designated altitude.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Accident Details 1961-37". Plane Crash Info. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  2. ^ "Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 TC-TAY Ankara (ESB)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  3. ^ "TBMM" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBMM. Retrieved 2016-08-24.