Jeddah - Ankara

On January 2, 1976 at 06:36 AM, Jeddah - Ankara experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-10, operated by Overseas National Airways - ONA, with the event recorded near Istanbul-Yesilköy Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

376 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 376 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 364, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Leased by Saudi Arabian Airlines, the aircraft was completing a charter flight (hajj flight) from Jeddah to Ankara. En route, the crew was informed about poor weather conditions in Ankara (limited visibility due to foggy conditions) and was instructed to divert to Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport. On approach to runway 24, the copilot informed the captain that one of the VASI's light was red and that their altitude was insufficient. The captain increased engine power but the aircraft continued to descent until it struck the ground eight meters short of the concrete runway. On impact, the left engine (n°1) was torn off and both left main gear and central gear were also torn off when the airplane struck the shoulder of the first runway's concrete block. The aircraft slid on its belly for few hundred meters, veered to the left and came to rest in flames in a grassy area. All 376 occupants were quickly evacuated, among them 10 were slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1031F, MSN 46825, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9782°, 28.8263°.