Adana – Ankara

On April 3, 1954 at 01:40 PM, Adana – Ankara experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Devlet Hava Yollari - DHY, with the event recorded near Adana Mediterranean Region (Akdeniz Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

25 people were known to be on board, 25 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 22, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. Less than ten minutes after takeoff from Adana Airport, while climbing, the airplane exploded in midair and crashed in the Kurttepe Mountain Range located northwest of the city. Debris were scattered on an area of about 15 km and all 25 occupants were killed, among them the Turkish Archaeologist Remzi Oguz Arik. The exact cause of the explosion remains unknown.

Aircraft reference details include registration TC-ARK, MSN 19509, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.9864°, 35.3253°.