Izmir - Istanbul

On January 26, 1974 at 07:30 AM, Izmir - Istanbul experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by Turkish Airlines - THY Türk Hava Yollari, with the event recorded near Izmir-Cumaovasi Aegean Region (Ege 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.

73 people were known to be on board, 66 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 90.4%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 68, passenger fatalities: 62, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Shortly after closing the doors and receiving tower permission the aircraft was taxied to the threshold of Runway 35 and began a rolling takeoff without delay. According to witnesses the aircraft had run approximately 3,200 feet before becoming airborne. When about 8 to 10 meters above the ground it yawed to the left and pitched nose-down. Contact with the ground was made in a nearly level attitude, first by the outboard fairing doors of the left wing flap, then by the left side of the fuselage belly, hitting the bank of a drainage ditch, which parallels the left (west) side of the runway at a distance of 28 meters from the runway. The aircraft then disintegrated and caught fire within 100 meters of travel. A crew member and six passengers survived while 66 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TC-JAO, MSN 11057, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.2895°, 27.1588°.