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Article: 8th LD Writethru: Turkish passenger plane crashes in Turkey, killing 56 people aboard
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 30, 2007
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8th LD Writethru: Turkish passenger plane crashes in Turkey,
killing 56 people aboard
ANKARA, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish private "Atlasjet" plane
crashed in Keciborlu town of Mediterranean province of Isparta at
early hours on Friday, killing 56 people aboard, the semi-
officialAnatolia news agency reported.
"Nobody survived the crash," Atlasjet CEO Tuncay Doganer was
quoted as saying in the Turkish largest city of Istanbul.
The plane with 49 passengers and seven crew members on board was
en route from Istanbul to Isparta. It took off from
Istanbul'sAtaturk Airport at 12:51 a.m. (1051 GMT).
According to executives of Ataturk Airport, they lost
communication with the Atlasjet aircraft ...