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A Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes into Mount Medetsiz in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board.
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Turkish Airlines
Flag carrier of Turkey
Turkish Airlines, or legally Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı, is the flag carrier of Turkey. As of June 2024, it operates scheduled services to 352 destinations in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and the Americas. The airline serves more destinations non-stop from a single…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fokker F27 Friendship
Regional airliner by Fokker
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It is the most numerous post-war aircraft manufactured in the Netherlands; the F27 was also one of the most successful European airliners of its era.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1962 Taurus Mountains Turkish Airlines F-27 crash
1962 aircraft accident in Turkey
On 8 March 1962, a Fairchild F-27 of Turkish Airlines registered as TC-KOP, crashed into Mount Medetsiz while en route from Ankara Esenboğa Airport (ESB/LTAC) to Adana Airport (ADA/LTAF), killing all eight passengers and three crew members on board. The aircraft was descending…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mount Medetsiz
Mountain in Turkey
Medetsiz Mountain is a summit in Toros Mountains range of Turkey. It is a part of Çamlıyayla (ilçe) (district) of Mersin Province. Its distance to the sea is about 65 kilometres (40 mi), as the crow flies. The altitude of the summit is 3,524 metres (11,562 ft). The north of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Taurus Mountains
Mountain range in southern Turkey
The Taurus Mountains are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the east. It…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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