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The aircraft, a DC-10 Series 10 (production designation Ship 29), was built in Long Beach, California, under the manufacturer's test registration N1337U, [8] and leased to Turkish Airlines as TC-JAV on 10 December 1972. [9] It was powered by three General Electric CF6-6D turbofan engines.
1959 Gatwick Turkish Airlines Viscount crash; 1972 Adana Turkish Airlines DC-9 crash; ... Mobile view; Search. Search. Category: Turkish Airlines accidents and incidents.
The response included a short list of causes of all Turkish Airlines crashes to date. [15] The cause for the Taurus crash in the response was: "Hit the Taurus mountains due to bad weather, the plane heading to Adana crashed while trying to fly around the clouds and adjusting the altitude to the clouds." [15]
Turkish Airlines Flight 278, operated by a Boeing 737-4Y0 registered TC-JES and named Mersin, was a domestic scheduled flight from Ankara Esenboğa Airport to Van Ferit Melen Airport in eastern Turkey that crashed on 29 December 1994 during its final approach to land in driving snow. Five of the seven crew and 52 of the 69 passengers lost their ...
The aircraft was registered in the name of Turkish Airlines Incorporated. The airframe had a total flight time of 548 hours and the engines had each run approximately 615 hours since manufacture. The Turkish authorities certified after examining the appropriate records and log books in Turkey that the maintenance had been properly carried out.
1972 Adana Turkish Airlines DC-9 crash; Turkish Airlines Flight 158; Turkish Airlines Flight 278; Turkish Airlines Flight 345; Turkish Airlines Flight 452; Turkish Airlines Flight 634; Turkish Airlines Flight 835; Turkish Airlines Flight 5904; Turkish Airlines Flight 301; 1962 Taurus Mountains Turkish Airlines F-27 crash; 1979 Ankara Turkish ...
On 21 January 1972, a Douglas DC-9-32 registered as TC-JAC operated by Turkish Airlines crashed on approach while trying to make an emergency landing at Adana Airport.The aircraft was en-route from Kandara Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Ankara Esenboğa Airport with a stopover at Damascus Airport with only five crew members on board after carrying passengers to Hajj the day before.
The aircraft operating Flight 1951 was a 7-year-old Next Generation Boeing 737-800 series model 8F2 [13] with registration TC-JGE, named "Tekirdağ". [14] [15] Model 8F2 denotes the configuration of the 737-800 built for use by Turkish Airlines.