Vickers Viscount crash, Feb 1, 1963 (52 killed), Ankara C...

Vickers Viscount accident on February 1, 1963 near Ankara Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye with 52 fatalities.

Middle East Airlines Flight 265, a Vickers Viscount, collided in mid air with a Turkish Air Force Douglas C 47 while descending into Ankara on 1 February 1963. Both aircraft fell into a residential area of Ankara. In total 104 people died, including 17 aboard the two aircraft and 87 on the ground.

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