Turkish Airlines Flight 278
TC-JES, the aircraft involved the accident.
Accident
Date29 December 1994
SummaryControlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Sitenear Van Ferit Melen Airport, Van, Turkey
38°24′00″N 43°13′48″E / 38.40000°N 43.23000°E / 38.40000; 43.23000
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-4Y0
Aircraft nameMersin
OperatorTurkish Airlines
RegistrationTC-JES
Flight originAnkara Esenboğa Airport, Ankara, Turkey
DestinationVan Ferit Melen Airport, Van, Turkey
Occupants76
Passengers69
Crew7
Fatalities57
Injuries19
Survivors19
Turkish Airlines Flight 278 is located in Turkey
Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Van Ferit Melen Airport
Van Ferit Melen Airport
Crash site
Crash site
Location of departure and destination airports and crash site

Turkish Airlines Flight 278, operated by a Boeing 737-4Y0 registered TC-JES and named Mersin, was a domestic scheduled flight from Ankara Esenboğa Airport to Van Ferit Melen Airport in eastern Turkey that crashed on 29 December 1994 during its final approach to land in driving snow. Five of the seven crew and 52 of the 69 passengers lost their lives, while two crew members and 17 passengers survived with serious injuries.[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft, a Boeing 737-400 with two CFMI CFM56-3C1 jet engines, was built by Boeing with manufacturer serial number 26074/2376,[1] and made its first flight on 25 September 1992.[2][3] The captain was Adem Ungun, and the first officer was Yavuz AlicI.[4]

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.[1][4][5]

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.[1]

Victims

The aircraft had a crew of 7 and 69 passengers including two babies.[4] Two of the crew and 17 passengers survived the crash with serious injuries.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ranter, Harro. "Aircraft accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "Boeing 737 MSN 26074". airfleets.net. Air Fleets. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "TC-JES Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-4Y0 – cn 26074 / ln 2376 – Planespotters.net Just Aviation". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Aralık 1994" [December 1994] (in Turkish). Governmental Press and Information Office. Archived from the original on 25 October 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Turkey crash". Flight Global. 4 January 1995. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2008.
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