Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 MAR 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-75-DL |
| Operator: | Devlet Hava Yollari - DHY |
| Registration: | TC-BAL |
| C/n / msn: | 19423 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Ankara-Etimesgut Airport (ANK' (Turkey) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey |
| Ankara-Etimesgut Airport (ANK/LTAD), Turkey |
Crashed and caught fire on landing.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport to Ankara-Etimesgut Airport as the crow flies is 344 km (215 miles).
Distance from Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport to Ankara-Etimesgut Airport as the crow flies is 344 km (215 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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