Turkish Airlines Flight 634 · Turkey
On January 8, 2003, Turkish Airlines Flight 634 (Turkey). 75 people died.
- Date
- January 8, 2003
- Place
- Turkey
- Operator
- Turkish Airlines
- Killed
- 75
- Injured
- 5
- Position
- 37.894°N, 40.201°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q1037884
From Wikipedia
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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