Plane With 56 Crashes in Turkey

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Source: Associated Press

Plane With 56 Crashes in Turkey

Friday November 30, 2007 6:01 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - An Atlasjet plane crashed
shortly before it was to land in central Turkey
early Friday, killing all 56 people on board, the
airline's chief executive said.

A rescue helicopter reached the wreckage of the
plane on a mountainous region near the town of
Keciborlu, in Isparta province, and reported back
that no one had survived the crash, airline CEO
Tuncay Doganer said.

Doganer said the cause of the crash was not known.
But he ruled out weather conditions as a possible
cause, saying there was no fog or strong winds at
the time of the crash.

The MD 83 jetliner took off from Istanbul at 1:55
a.m. local time, headed to Isparta, but went off
the radar just before landing.

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