Izmir - Istanbul

On January 30, 1975 at 06:50 PM, Izmir - Istanbul experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by Turkish Airlines - THY Türk Hava Yollari, with the event recorded near Istanbul Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

42 people were known to be on board, 42 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 38, passenger fatalities: 38, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. By night, the crew was approaching runway 06 at Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport when all runway lights failed due to an electrical power failure. The crew initiated a go-around manoeuvre when 22 seconds later, the power was reset. The crew contacted ATC to obtain a landing clearance but as a Pan Am Boeing 707 was taking off from the same runway, ATC instructed the crew to extend a downwind circuit to the west. Few minutes later, while cruising under VFR mode at an altitude of 800 feet, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the Marmara Sea about 30 km west of the Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all 42 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TC-JAP, MSN 11058, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.0268°, 28.9727°.