Turkish Airlines Flight 634
TC-THG, the aircraft involved in the accident, February 2001. | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 8 January 2003 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain in poor visibility due to pilot error |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Avro RJ100 |
| Aircraft name | Konya |
| Operator | Turkish Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | TK634 |
| ICAO flight No. | THY634 |
| Call sign | TURKISH 634 |
| Registration | TC-THG |
| Flight origin | Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Destination | Diyarbakır Airport, Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Occupants | 80 |
| Passengers | 75 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 75 |
| Injuries | 5 |
| Survivors | 5 |
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Location of departure (LTBA) and destination (LTCC) airports
Turkish Airlines Flight 634 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Diyarbakır Airport in southeastern Turkey. On 8 January 2003 at 20:19 EET (18:19 UTC), the aircraft operating the flight, a British Aerospace Avro RJ100, struck the ground on final approach approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) short of the runway threshold during inclement weather conditions. In the following collision with a slope, a post-crash fire broke out, killing 75 of the 80 occupants, including the entire crew. This is the deadliest aviation accident to involve the BAe 146, just surpassing China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 in fatalities and LaMia Flight 2933 being the second deadliest.