Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 was a Boeing 737-4Q8 operated by the Turkish Airlines, registered TC-JEP and named Trakya, on a repositioning flight that crashed on 7 April 1999 in Ceyhan, Adana Province in southern Turkey. There were no passengers on board, all the 6 crew members died in the accident.
TK5904 with two pilots and four flight attendants took off empty at 00:36 EET from Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (IATA: ADA, ICAO: LTAF) to pick up pilgrim...
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Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 was a Boeing 737-4Q8 operated by the Turkish Airlines, registered TC-JEP and named Trakya, on a repositioning flight that crashed on 7 April 1999 in Ceyhan, Adana Province in southern Turkey. There were no passengers on board, all the 6 crew members died in the accident.
TK5904 with two pilots and four flight attendants took off empty at 00:36 EET from Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (IATA: ADA, ICAO: LTAF) to pick up pilgrims at King Abdulaziz International Airport (IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The aircraft crashed at 00:44 EET (22:44 UTC on April 6), 8 minutes after taking off, about 30 nautical miles (56 km) east-northeast of the airport near Hamdilli village of Ceyhan district in poor weather conditions. The crash created a 10 m (33 ft) deep hole at the point of impact and the wreckage was scattered over an area of around 42 m (450 sq ft).
The previous flight had brought 150 pilgrims returning from Hajj back to Adana, where it landed at 23...
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