- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 26, 1974
Time: 0730
Location: Izmir, Turkey
Operator: Turkish Airlines (THY)
Flight #: ?
Route: Izmir - Istanbul
AC Type: Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000
Registration: TC-JAO
cn / ln: 11057
Aboard: 73   (passengers:68  crew:5)
Fatalities: 66   (passengers:62  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane yawed left, pitched nose down and crashed shortly after taking off. Icing. Frost on the wings along with over rotation resulted in a stall. Crew error.
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