Turkish Airlines Flight 634

Turkish Airlines Flight 634
	TC-THG, the aircraft involved in the accident, February 2001.
Accident
Date	8 January 2003
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain in poor visibility due to pilot error
Site	Diyarbakır Airport, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Avro RJ100
Aircraft name	Konya
Operator	Turkish Airlines
IATA flight No.	TK634
ICAO flight No.	THY634
Call sign	TURKISH 634
Registration	TC-THG
Flight origin	Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey
Destination	Diyarbakır Airport, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Occupants	80
Passengers	75
Crew	5
Fatalities	75
Injuries	5
Survivors	5

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Turkish Airlines Flight 634 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Diyarbakır Airport in southeastern Turkey. On 8 January 2003 at 20:19 EET (18:19 UTC), the aircraft operating the flight, a British Aerospace Avro RJ100, struck the ground on final approach approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) short of the runway threshold during inclement weather conditions. In the following collision with a slope, a post-crash fire broke out, killing 75 of the 80 occupants, including the entire crew. This is the deadliest aviation accident to involve the BAe 146.

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Turkish Airlines Flight 634

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