Turkish Airlines Flight 634
| Turkish Airlines Flight 634 | |
|---|---|
 The plane of the accident at Budapest Liszt Ferenc Airport , February 2001 |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | controlled flight into terrain |
| place | Diyarbakır |
| date | January 8, 2003 |
| Fatalities | 75 |
| Survivors | 5 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Avro RJ100 |
| operator | Turkish Airlines |
| Mark | TC-THG |
| Surname | Konya |
| Departure airport | Istanbul Ataturk Airport |
| Destination airport | Diyarbakır Airport |
| Passengers | 75 |
| crew | 5 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On January 8, 2003, an Avro RJ100 crashed on Turkish Airlines Flight 634 near Diyarbakır Airport . 75 of the 80 occupants were killed in the accident.
Course and cause
Turkish Airlines' Avro RJ100 took off at 6:35 p.m. from Istanbul Ataturk Airport for a scheduled flight to the eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakır . The visibility conditions at the destination airport were extremely poor due to the darkness and the very low cloud cover.
The air traffic controller in Diyarbakır gave the crew clearance for an approach to runway 34. This runway did not have an instrument landing system (ILS), so the approach was aligned with the radio beacon (VOR / DME) of the airport. When the pilots reached the decision height, they thought they could see the glow of the landing lights through the fog and continued their descent. Shortly afterwards, they again lost visual contact with the runway, but did not abort the attempt to land, instead they flew into the area.
At 8:28 p.m., the machine hit a restricted military area about 900 meters from the landing threshold . Initially, soldiers were able to rescue five passengers and one crew member alive from the rubble. A two-year-old child subsequently died from his injuries.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Accident report Avro RJ100 TC-THG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 5, 2018.
- ↑ BAAA, January 8, 2003 ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CNN, Turkish Airlines plane crashes, 75 dead, 5 survivors
Coordinates: 37 ° 52 ′ 15 ″ N , 49 ° 12 ′ 35 ″ E