Accident | |
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Date | 27 February 1988 |
Summary | CFIT, aircraft destroyed |
Site | Kornokipos, Cyprus Κορνόκηπος (Greek) Görneç (Turkish) 35°17′42″N 33°34′19″E / 35.295°N 33.572°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-200 |
Operator | Talia Airways on behalf of JAT |
Registration | TC-AKD |
Flight origin | Istanbul Atatürk Airport |
Destination | Ercan Airport |
Occupants | 15 |
Passengers | 2 |
Crew | 13 |
Fatalities | 15 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 27 February 1988, a Talia Airways passenger flight operated by a Boeing 727-200 with registration TC-AKD on behalf of JAT, crashed into the Kyrenian mountain range on approach to Northern Cyprus on 27 February 1988. All 15 occupants on board the aircraft died in the crash and fire that followed.