- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 30, 2007 |
Time: | 0136 |
Location: | Near Isparta, Turkey |
Operator: | Atlasjet Airlines |
Flight #: | 4203 |
Route: | Istanbul - Isparta |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
Registration: | TC-AKM |
cn / ln: | 53185/2090 |
Aboard: | 57 (passengers:50 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 57 (passengers:50 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While making an approach to land, the passenger plane struck a mountaintop and broke apart, 7.5 miles from Isparta Airport. The accident was caused by pilot error as a result of the condition known as spatial disorientation. The pilot is believed to have lost the sight of line for the horizon and instead of trusting the flight instruments, diverted the aircraft to the route where the crash occurred. |
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