Events on September 19 in history

Turkish Airlines Flight 452 (September 19, 1976)

Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.

Turkish Airlines Flight 452 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Antalya Airport, Turkey. On 19 September 1976, the Boeing 727-200 operating the flight struck a slope of a hill at Karatepe in Isparta Province, 60 mi (97 km) north of the destination airport due to a pilot error on approach resulting in the death of all 154 people on board. To date, the crash is the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Turkey.

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Events on September 19 in history

Turkish Airlines Flight 452 (September 19, 1976)

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