Aviation accidents in Türkiye

25 accidents and incidents are recorded in Türkiye (1983–2026), with 366 people killed and 3 seriously injured. 64% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1983 to 1 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Turkish Airlines Flight 634, Turkey (Jan 8, 2003) · 75 killed
2. Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230, Turkey (May 26, 2003) · 75 killed
3. Turkish Airlines Flight 278, Turkey (Dec 29, 1994) · 57 killed
4. Atlasjet Flight 4203, Turkey (Nov 30, 2007) · 57 killed
5. Turkish Airlines Flight 158, Ankara Esenboğa Airport (Jan 16, 1983) · 47 killed
6. Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782, Seferihisar district (Jan 2, 1988) · 16 killed
7. 2021 Turkish Air Force Eurocopter AS532 Cougar crash, Tatvan (Mar 4, 2021) · 11 killed
8. Sikorsky S76, Istanbul, TR (Mar 10, 2017) · 7 killed
9. Turkish Airlines Flight 5904, Ceyhan (Apr 7, 1999) · 6 killed
10. 2009 Medair Bell 206 crash, Turkey (Mar 25, 2009) · 6 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.