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Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (TK981/THY981) 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 , 37.76 kilometres (23.46 mi) outside Paris, killing all 335 ...
Turkish Airlines Flight 301 was a passenger flight operated by a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship of Turkish Airlines registered as TC-JAO that crashed during takeoff at İzmir Cumaovası Airport on 26 January 1974 while en route to Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport, killing 67 of its 73 passengers and crew.
Pages in category "Turkish Airlines accidents and incidents" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... 1979 Ankara Turkish Airlines F28 crash
1974 Togo presidential C-47 crash; Turkish Airlines Flight 981; Turkish Airlines Flight 301; TWA Flight 841 (1974) 1974 United States Air Force WC-130 disappearance
The deadliest crash of this year was Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 which crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris, France on 3 March, killing all 346 people on board. At the time, the accident was the deadliest in aviation history, more than doubling the previous record.
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (1974), crashed at Ermenonville forest outside Paris, killing 346 - cargo door failure; Flydubai Flight 981 (2016), crashed near Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, killing 62 - pilot error
On 3 March 1974, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in the Ermenonville Forest after its rear baggage door opened in mid-flight, explosively decompressing the aircraft and killing all 346 passengers and crew. At the time this was the deadliest ever plane crash. [2]
The first aircraft accident in which 200 or more people died occurred on March 3, 1974, when 346 died in the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 981.As of May 2024, there have been a total of 33 aviation incidents in which 200 or more people have died.