What the records say
- When
- 21 Jan 1972
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 37.02° N, 35.23° E
- Description
- 1972 aviation accident in Turkey
- Deaths
- 1
- Injured
- 3
1972 Adana Turkish Airlines DC-9 crash
1972 aviation accident in Turkey
On 21 January 1972, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 operated by Turkish Airlines crashed on approach while making an emergency landing at Adana Airport. The aircraft was en-route from Kandara Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Esenboğa Airport in Ankara, Turkey, with a stopover at Damascus Airport in Syria.
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