What the records say
- When
- 16 Jan 1983
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 40.11° N, 32.98° E
- Description
- aircraft involved in 1981 landing accident
- Deaths
- 47
Turkish Airlines Flight 158
Aircraft involved in 1983 landing accident
Turkish Airlines Flight 158 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Turkey. On 16 January 1983, the aircraft operating the flight, a Boeing 727-200, landed about 50 metres (160 ft) short of the runway at its destination airport in driving snow, broke up, and caught fire. Of the 67 occupants on board, 47 died.
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