1988 Talia Airways Boeing 727 crash

Aircraft crash in Northern Cyprus in 1988 March 2024 1988 Talia Airways/JAT Boeing 727 crash Boeing 727-2H9-Adv, Talia Airways AN1548860.jpg TC-AKD, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1987 Accident 1988 02 27 y Controlled flight into terrain Kornokipos, CyprusΚορνόκηπος (Greek) Görneç (Turkish) 35.295 33.572 type:event inline,title Boeing 727-200 Talia Airways on behalf of JAT TC-AKD Istanbul Atatürk Airport Ercan Airport 15 2 13 15 0 On 27 February 1988, a Talia Airways passenger flight operated by a Boeing 727-200 with registration TC-AKD on behalf of JAT, crashed into the Kyrenian mountain range on approach to Northern Cyprus on 27 February 1988. All 15 occupants on board the aircraft died in the crash and fire that followed. Flight and aircraft The Talia Airways aircraft was on a flight from Istanbul's Atatürk Airport to Ercan International Airport in Northern Cyprus. It was running a near-empty flight to collect 160 passengers to transport them back to Finland.The World : Cyprus Air Crash Kills 15 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-28-mn-194-story.html 27 November 2020 Los Angeles Times 28 February 1988 The airframe was a Boeing 727-200 which had been built in 1974. The flight was lightly loaded with thirteen crew and two passengers, all of whom died in the crash.Talia Airways https://www.baaa-acro.com/operator/talia-airways 27 November 2020 www.baaa-acro.com Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives Seven of the crew were Yugoslavian, two of the stewardesses were British, and the rest of the crew were from Turkey. The two passengers were a senior manager at Talia Airways and his wife. The aircraft belonged to a Yugoslavian airline company (JAT), and was on hire to Talia Airways.Jet crash in Cyprus mountains kills 15 Orlando Sentinel 28 February 1988 11 0744-6055 Accident As the flight approached Cyprus from the north, air traffic control informed the pilot to approach using the VOR at 6,000 ft, but the pilot descended the aircraft to 2,000 ft.Derkan Izzet Similarities of aircraft crashed in Cyprus between years in[sic] 1973-1988 International Journal of Science Research and Management February 2016 3 2 34 2349-5197 The descent took them below the Girne Arap mountain range, which peaks at ( 3,130 ft). At this point, the aircraft was 15 mi from the airfield at Ercan.Jetliner hits peak on Cyprus Miami Herald 28 February 1988 8 0744-6055 When the pilot saw the peak in front of him he tried to turn left, but the aircraft crashed into the mountain with the rear of the plane being wrecked on the northern side of the mountain, and the forward part being wrecked on the southern side.Ranter Harro ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-2H9 TC-AKD Girne Arap https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880227-1 28 November 2020 aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network The aircraft crashed at 10:20 am (local time), barely ten minutes before it was due to land.Plane crash in Cyprus kills all 15 on board The New York Times 28 February 1988 10 0362-4331 When the rescue services arrived on the scene, they noted wreckage strewn over large area and charred bodies. Sources vary on the breakdown of the occupants on board, however, it is agreed that 15 people died, all of whom were on the aircraft. No one on the ground was injured or died.Black boxes recovered from Cyprus aircrash The Times 63,012 29 February 1988 7 0140-0460 The bodies of the stewardesses were so badly charred that identification was very difficult, and resulted in the wrong bodies being sent to the families. A five-member team from the Turkish Transport Ministry flew to Northern Cyprus the day after the crash to investigate.Efty Alex Plane Crashes Into Mountains, 15 Dead https://apnews.com/article/8e5b4a104e3d5c9159d351e60aba8528 3 December 2020 AP NEWS 28 February 1988 Aftermath File:Monument Talia Airways 2H79.jpg Monument to victims of the crash, situated near Buffavento Castle File:Talia Airways Flight 2H79 wreckage - undercarriage.jpg Undercarriage File:Talia Airways Flight 2H79 wreckage - engine.jpg Engine A separate inquiry was held into the death of the two British personnel, in June 1988.Mistake over bodies The Times 63095 4 June 1988 2 0140-0460 Much of the wreckage was left at the crash site, and still lies there in the 21st century.Lloyd Chris Seeking the stewardess who died in a plane crash on Cyprus 30 years ago https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18818179.seeking-stewardess-died-plane-crash-cyprus-30-years-ago/ 3 December 2020 The Northern Echo 25 October 2020 en References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Cyprus Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:1988 in Cyprus Category:February 1988 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 727 Category:1988 disasters in Cyprus