Isparta Plane Crash, In Which 155 People Died Due to the Error of the Pilot

This Turkish plane named “Antalya” with tail number TC-JBH4 His accident caused traumas that cannot be erased from the memory of many people. The smell of burning human flesh mixed with the smell of fuel does not seem to go easily from the tip of the noses of the witnesses.

When the plane explodes in the air of Isparta its sudden illumination at night seems like something that can probably only happen in movies. But this incident took place in the plane crash, the cause of which is still unknown.

Going to the beginning of the incident and judging by what the eyewitnesses told, the flight crew had a terrible mistake.

captain of the plane Celal Topcuoglu‘Stop. An officer named Korhan Akşit, who works at the tower, is at the airport due to his night shift. While Captain Topçuoğlu invited him to go to Antalya and directed him to the cockpit, it seems that there was an intruder in the cockpit. He is also a customs inspection officer at Yeşilköy International Lines. He says that he needs to fly to Antalya with this plane urgently, because there is a crowd in the bonded passengers.

giving the aircraft take-off clearance Korhan Akşit does not get on the plane. Unaware of what would happen, he had his last meeting with the captain.

There was also a non-commissioned pass team on the plane that would take delivery of the plane in Antalya.

The captains and flight engineer in the team were friends of Captain Topçuoğlu. After a while the captain First Captain Sacit SoğangözHe leaves it to his friends and goes to the back. At this point, the end of the rope breaks.

When local time shows 23.11, at the 26th minute of departure Captain Oniongoz strangely contacted the Antalya tower, reporting that he saw the runway lights and requesting an approach. But the plane is still in the skies of Isparta.

“Where are you descending to? You still have time, we can’t even see you on the radar!” The captain continues to descend without permission.

Despite all the warnings of the tower, according to the black box records, the captain, “Shall I believe you or my eye?” he ignores the warnings. While he continues to descend towards Isparta’s boulevard, disregarding the lives of himself and the passengers, Topçuoğlu realizes the early descent and tries to get into the cockpit and intervene quickly. But unfortunately it’s too late. It has already begun to land where the trucks and cars are.

Captain Topçuoğlu the power it gives to the engines to make an emergency climb and gain altitudeThe plane did not work because the passenger, cargo and fuel load of the plane was completely full and the plane hit the right slope of the valley, where it entered, from the right wing, and exploded violently, crashing into the mountain known as Karatepe.

The dark sea and the dark mountain structure that started just behind Isparta must have probably misled the captain.

The human corpses, the suitcases hanging from the trees, left an unforgettable sight for the witnesses. This plane crashed into Isparta. The bodies of the passengers inside were tossed in all directions. Unidentified bodies were buried in a mausoleum in Isparta Asri Cemetery.

Other people were also buried where they were at the crash site. Probably Body parts of at least 110-120 people are buried in this area.. Therefore, it is not only an accident site, but also a grave where the mutilated bodies of the people who lost their lives in the accident are buried.

Türkiye is so terrible plane crashes witnessed many times. We see that most of them are due to the irresponsibility of the flight crew. It is a very sensitive issue to act knowing that you carry not only your own life but also hundreds of lives while performing such a sensitive profession. Hope it doesn’t happen again.