Turkish Airlines Flight 5904
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| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 7, 1999 |
| Type | Poor weather conditions, Pilot error |
| Site | Village of Hamdilli in Ceyhan district of Adana_Province |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-4Q8 |
| Aircraft name | Trakya |
| Operator | Turkish Airlines |
| Tail number | TC-JEP |
| Flight origin | Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Adana, Turkey |
| Destination | King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Turkish Airlines Flight 5904, registration TC-JEP, was a Boeing 737-4Q8, which crashed in Ceyhan, Adana Province in Turkey on 7 April 1999. There were no passengers on board; all the 6 crew members died in the accident.
[edit] The accident
Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 with 2 pilots and 4 flight attendants took off empty at 00:36 EET from the Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (IATA: ADA, ICAO: LTAF) to pick up pilgrims at the King_Abdulaziz_International_Airport (IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The aircraft crashed 8 minutes after taking off at 00:44 EET (22:44 UTC on April 6) about 30 nautical miles (56 km) east-northeast of the airport near Hamdilli village in poor weather conditions.
The previous flight had brought 150 pilgrims returning from Hajj back to Adana, where it landed at around 23:45 EET. The pilots reported no maintenance problems and everything being normal after landing.
It seems probable that anti-icing of the Pitot-static system was not operated as the result of a missed pre-flight checklist item.
[edit] Crew members
- Kıvılcım Tuncer, captain pilot
- Orhan Sami Bezcioğlu, co-pilot
- Hatice Mısırlıoğlu, senior flight attendant
- Nida Güner, flight attendant
- Deniz Deşen, flight attendant
- Gönül Topal, flight attendant
