Air disaster

Turkish Airlines Flight 981

3 Mar 1974 · 49.14° N, 2.63° E

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When
3 Mar 1974
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
49.14° N, 2.63° E
Description
1974 aviation accident in France
Deaths
346
Injured
0

Turkish Airlines Flight 981

1974 aviation accident in France

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a scheduled flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport, with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris. On 3 March 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating the flight crashed into the Ermenonville Forest, about 40 kilometres outside Paris, killing all 335 passengers and 11 crew. The crash was also known as the Ermenonville air disaster.

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