Turkish Airlines Flight 278
Aircraft
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-400 with two CFMI CFM56-3C1 jet engines, was built by Boeing with manufacturer serial number 26074/2376, and made its first flight on 25 September 1992. The captain was Adem Ungun, and the first officer was Yavuz Alıcı.
Crash
At 15:30 EET (13:30 UTC), the plane struck a hill near Edremit district of Van Province at 1,700 m (5,700 ft) above mean sea level around 4 km (2.5 mi) from Van Airport while on a third VOR-DME approach to the Runway 03 in bad weather, despite a warning from air traffic control not to attempt any more approaches in a snowstorm. The visibility was 900 m (3,000 ft) reducing to 300 m (980 ft) in heavy driving snow.
It was the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 737-400 at that time. It was subsequently surpassed by Adam Air Flight 574 which crashed on 1 January 2007 with 102 fatalities, and fourth deadliest aircraft accident in Turkey at that time.
Victims
The aircraft had a crew of 7 and 69 passengers including two babies. Two of the crew and 17 passengers survived the crash with serious injuries.
See also
References
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