Atlasjet Flight 4203

Atlasjet Flight 4203
The aircraft involved in the accident is seen taxiing at Warsaw Chopin Airport in August 2007.
Accident
Date30 November 2007
SummaryControlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
SiteTürbetepe, Keçiborlu, Isparta Province, Turkey
37°52′24″N 30°12′07″E / 37.87333°N 30.20194°E / 37.87333; 30.20194
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMcDonnell Douglas MD-83
OperatorWorld Focus Airlines on behalf of Atlasjet
IATA flight No.KK4203
ICAO flight No.KKK4203
Call signATLASJET 4203
RegistrationTC-AKM
Flight originIstanbul Atatürk Airport
DestinationIsparta Süleyman Demirel Airport
Occupants57
Passengers50
Crew7
Fatalities57
Survivors0
Atlasjet Flight 4203 is located in Turkey
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Atlasjet Flight 4203 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Istanbul to Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport in Isparta Province, Turkey. On 30 November 2007, the aircraft operating the flight – a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which Atlasjet had leased from World Focus Airlines just five months before – crashed in the vicinity of Keçiborlu between the villages of Yenitepe and Çukurören while on approach, approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of the destination airport. The flight had taken off from Istanbul at 00:51 EET with 50 passengers and 7 crew members on board. All 57 occupants perished in the accident.