Mysterious Plane Crash in the Sea of ​​Marmara 48 Years Ago

On January 30, 1975, owned by Turkish Airlines The F-28 type aircraft named ‘Bursa’ with flight number TK 345 became the leading actor of a tragedy whose cause will never be solved.

As the plane approaches the end of its domestic flight, when ready for landing had disappeared. As a result of the search efforts, it was understood that Bursa crashed into the Marmara Sea. This accident, in which 42 people lost their lives, still could not be clarified even after 48 years.

So what happened in this accident?

The plane took off from the Izmir runway to make the Izmir-Istanbul flight. After a smooth 45-minute journey, preparations for landing at Istanbul Atatürk Airport began. As soon as the pilots are cleared to land and are close to the runway, There was a sudden power outage at the airport.

Because of the power cut, the pilots When we were about to put wheels on the runway, they canceled the landing. Meanwhile, they reported to the tower that they could not see the runway fully. Having received permission from the tower to ascend to a certain altitude, the flight crew rose for another lap in the air. The landing would be repeated.

The airport’s generators kicked in about 30 seconds later:

The tower informed the TK 345 aircraft, which continued to tour in the air, that the runway became suitable for landing. airplane pilots, They were a little far from the airport.

The tower authorities, who started to carry out operations with the lights on again, said that the “Bursa” plane, which was circling in the air, was waiting for permission to take off on the runway. reported another plane. Thereupon, the pilots of Bursa said that they would not be able to land immediately and that they would come back over the Marmara Sea.

The tower gave the necessary permissions to the Pan-Am B-707 aircraft, which was waiting to take off at the runway.

After the Pan-Am plane took off, the tower attendants, they predicted approaching the runway They returned to the plane named Bursa.

The pilots who did not respond to calls from the tower could not be contacted. The plane, which is estimated to be very close to the airport, was in no way was not in sight. Since no light of the aircraft could be seen and no communication could be established with the aircraft, the “alarm” mode was switched on.

The plane named Bursa had vanished into thin air.

Within the news from the tower, the probability of the plane crashing was increasing with each passing second. That day The weather conditions were pretty bad. Time passed quickly, but no sign of the plane could be found. Unfortunately, the bad news finally came.

On the night of January 30, Turkish Airlines’ F-28 type flight TK345 crashed into the Sea of ​​Marmara. No one survived the 42 people on board.

Search and rescue efforts were urgently started, but the weather conditions were so bad that the ships could not stand still even if they anchored. However, with helicopters, boats and divers Search and rescue efforts were continued.

The waves were so strong One of the divers was saved from death at the last moment. The search efforts of the navy off the coast of Ambarlı did not yield any results.

One week after the accident, fishermen off Bandırma found 2 aircraft wheels. Authorities announced that the wheels found belonged to the crashed “Bursa” plane.

The F-28 type THY plane that crashed into the Sea of ​​Marmara left only questions waiting to be answered. Although 48 years have passed, Neither the plane’s black box nor the bodies of the passengers could be reached. After sonar scans, the exact location of the wreckage of the plane was determined.

No attempt was made to extract the wreckage of the plane and the dead bodies of those killed in the crash.

Years after the accident, some parts of the plane that fell into the fishermen’s nets were caught. in the accident The bodies of the two passengers who lost their lives It hit the shore at two different points.

Today, the bodies of 40 passengers lie in the depths of the Marmara Sea, along with the wreckage of the Bursa plane.

What caused the accident still remains a mystery. It is different that the executives of some powerful companies were traveling on the TK 345 flight that day. to the emergence of conspiracy theories why is this happening. It is not known whether the allegations made due to the lack of access to any of the technical equipment that enabled the resolution of aircraft accidents have anything to do with reality.

The Fokker F-28 type aircraft, which crashed twice before, was declared “cursed” after the accident:

This was not the first disaster of the Fokker F-28 type aircraft, which mysteriously sank in the Sea of ​​Marmara. The first two of the 5 aircraft in the THY inventory It fell in Izmir and Ankara. The Marmara Sea disaster was the third accident involving the F-28. After this event, the remaining two aircraft were taken out of operation and sold to different companies.

Later, the news reached that both planes sold had crashed.

Relatives of those who died in the accident, due to the fact that the bodies of their loved ones could not be removed. They demanded that a mausoleum be built. Grieving families go to the seaside where the plane crashed on January 30 every year and leave flowers in memory of their loved ones. We take this opportunity to express our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident.