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Crash of a Boeing 727-2H9A near Arapköy: 15 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 27, 1988 at 1025 LT
Registration:
TC-AKD
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Istanbul - Ercan
MSN:
20930
YOM:
1974
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
9
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Circumstances:
The crew started the descent to Ercan Airport in limited visibility due to marginal weather conditions. After being cleared for a VOR approach, the captain cancelled the IFR flight plan and descended prematurely at an altitude of 2,000 feet. He elected to make a turn to avoid the mountain when the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain (954 meters high) located about 16 km north of Ercan Airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 15 occupants were killed. The flight was completed on behalf of JAT Yugoslav Airlines. On board were six Turkish citizen (crew), seven Yugoslav citizens and two British.
Crash of a Canadair CL-44-D4-1 in Akrotiri
Date & Time:
Nov 4, 1980
Operator:
Registration:
5B-DAN
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dubai - Larnaca
MSN:
30
YOM:
1962
Flight number:
CY205
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful cargo flight (service CY205) from Dubai, the crew started the descent to Larnaca Airport when the pilot informed ATC about the failure of the left main gear that remained stuck in its wheel well. The crew was instructed to divert to RAF Akrotiri where the emergency services have been dispatched and the runway covered with foam. The crew completed a belly landing and after touchdown, the airplane slid for few hundred meters before coming to rest. All three crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crash of a Nord 2501D Noratlas in Nicosia: 31 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 22, 1974 at 0200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
52-133
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Chania - Nicosia
MSN:
35
YOM:
1954
Flight number:
Niki 4
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
28
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
31
Circumstances:
Greek troops were deployed in Cyprus following the Turkish invasion. While on a night approach to Nicosia Airport under callsign 'Niki 4', the airplane was mistakenly shot down by Greek soldiers based by the airport and crashed in flames 3 km short of runway. A passenger was injured while 31 other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by friendly ground fire.
Crash of a Dornier DO.28D-1 Skyservant near Nicosia
Date & Time:
Jul 20, 1974
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Involved in the invasion of the Cyprus Island, the twin engine airplane was shot down by Greek fire while approaching Nicosia. The airplane crashed and was destroyed. Apparently, all occupants were killed but the exact number remains unknown.
Probable cause:
Shot down by ground fire.
Crash of a Tupolev TU-104A in Nicosia
Date & Time:
Aug 29, 1973 at 0639 LT
Operator:
Registration:
OK-MDE
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Baghdad - Damascus - Nicosia - Prague
MSN:
8 66 012 02
YOM:
1958
Flight number:
OK531
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
62
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown on runway 14 at Nicosia Airport, the airplane deviated to the right then veered off runway and came to rest in flames about 150 metes from the runway end. All 70 occupants escaped, nine of them were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
The failure of the pilot to stop the aircraft within the nominally adequate runway distance available and the subsequent entry of the aircraft into a right turn at high speed, as a result of which the aircraft was subjected to lateral centrifugal forces and side skidded off the runway.
Crash of an Ilyushin II-18D in Nicosia: 37 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 29, 1973
Operator:
Registration:
SU-AOV
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cairo - Nicosia
MSN:
188 0110 03
YOM:
1968
Flight number:
MS741
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
30
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
37
Circumstances:
While approaching Nicosia Airport by night on a flight from Cairo, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when, at an altitude of 2,600 feet, the four engine airplane struck the slope of Mt Kyrenia located 16 km from runway 14 threshold. The wreckage was found 117 meters below the summit and all 37 occupants have been killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
