Turkish Airlines Flight 5904
1999 aviation accident / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 was a Boeing 737-400 on an international repositioning flight from Adana Şakirpaşa Airport in Adana, Turkey, to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which crashed on 7 April 1999 in the vicinity of Ceyhan, Adana Province, in southern Turkey, some eight minutes after takeoff. The flight was on its way to Saudi Arabia to pick up pilgrims from Jeddah, and as such took off without any passengers on board. All six crew members were killed in the crash.
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Crash | |
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Date | 7 April 1999 |
Summary | Crashed shortly after takeoff due to instrument malfunction |
Site | Near Ceyhan, Adana Province, Turkey 37°12′N 35°21′E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-400 |
Aircraft name | Trakya |
Operator | Turkish Airlines |
Registration | TC-JEP |
Flight origin | Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Adana, Turkey |
Destination | King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Occupants | 6 |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 6 |
Survivors | 0 |
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