Boeing 737-400 crash, Dec 29, 1994 (57 killed), Van-Ferit...
Boeing 737-400 accident on December 29, 1994 near Van-Ferit Melen, Eastern Anatolia Region, Türkiye with 57 fatalities. Cause: The crew continued the...
- Date: December 29, 1994
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-400
- Location: Van-Ferit Melen, Eastern Anatolia Region, Türkiye
- Fatalities: 57
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued the approach below the minimum safe altitude in weather below minimums and failed to recognise the low altitude before striking terrain.
Turkish Airlines scheduled flight TK278 from Ankara struck a snow covered hill about 4 km short of the runway at Van. The crew had already made two go-arounds and was on a third approach in heavy snow with visibility below minimums. All 57 people killed were on board, and the Boeing 737 was destroyed.