- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 16, 1983
Time: 2230
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Operator: Turkish Airlines (THY)
Flight #: ?
Route: Paris-Tripoli-Istanbul-Ankara
AC Type: Boeing B-727-2F2
Registration: TC-JBR
cn / ln: 21603/1389
Aboard: 67   (passengers:60  crew:7)
Fatalities: 47   (passengers:47  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: The flight originated in Tripoli and stopped in Istanbul before beginning a 40-minute flight to Ankara's Esenboga Airport. The aircraft crashed short of the runway in fog, snow and poor visibility. Windshear.
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