Turkish Airlines Flight 634
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Turkish Airlines Flight 634 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Diyarbakır Airport in southeastern Turkey. On 8 January 2003 at 20:19 EET (18:19 UTC), the aircraft operating the flight, a British Aerospace Avro RJ100, struck the ground on final approach approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) short of the runway threshold during inclement weather conditions. In the following collision with a slope, a post-crash fire broke out, killing 75 of the 80 occupants, including the entire crew. This is the deadliest aviation accident to involve the BAe 146.
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Accident | |
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Date | 8 January 2003 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain in poor visibility due to pilot error |
Site | Diyarbakır Airport, Diyarbakır, Turkey |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | BAe Avro RJ100 |
Aircraft name | Konya |
Operator | Turkish Airlines |
Registration | TC-THG |
Flight origin | Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey |
Destination | Diyarbakır Airport, Diyarbakır, Turkey |
Occupants | 80 |
Passengers | 75 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 75 |
Injuries | 3 |
Survivors | 5 |
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