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Atlasjet Flight 4203 was a scheduled flight from Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport to Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport in Isparta, Turkey. On November 30, 2007 it crashed outside the town of Keçiborlu, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Isparta at around 01:36 EET (23:36 UTC on November 29).^[2] The flight took off from Istanbul at 00:50 EET with 57 people on board, including a six-week old baby which had not been counted on departure from the airport.^[3] Atlasjet airline's CEO Tuncay Doganer reported that no one had survived the crash.^[4] is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Keçiborlu is a district of Isparta Province of Turkey. ... Atatürk International Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) (Turkish: Atatürk Uluslararası Havalimanı) is the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... Süleyman Demirel Airport (IATA: ISE, ICAO: LTFC) is an airport in the city of Isparta, Turkey. ... Isparta is a city in Turkey and the provincial capital of the Isparta Province. ... McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and MD-90 are twin-engine, medium-range, single-aisle commercial jet airplanes. ... Atlasjet Boeing 757-200 Atlasjet Airbus A320-232 refilling at Valladolid Airport Atlasjet is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. ... Atlasjet Boeing 757-200 Atlasjet Airbus A320-232 refilling at Valladolid Airport Atlasjet is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... Atatürk International Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) (Turkish: Atatürk Uluslararası Havalimanı) is the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey. ... Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport (IATA: ISE, ICAO: LTFC) (Turkish: ), inaugurated on July 21, 1997,[1] is an airport serving the city of Isparta in south-western Turkey. ... Isparta is a city in Turkey and the provincial capital of the Isparta Province. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Keçiborlu is a district of Isparta Province of Turkey. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... UTC redirects here. ... Atlasjet Boeing 757-200 Atlasjet Airbus A320-232 refilling at Valladolid Airport Atlasjet is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. ...

The plane was a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which Atlasjet leased from World Focus Airlines, whose pilots were flying it when it crashed.^[5] McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and MD-90 are twin-engine, medium-range, single-aisle commercial jet airplanes. ... World Focus Airlines (WFA) is the regional airline of Turkey based in Istanbul. ...

Engin Arık,^[5] a nuclear physicist, died on the plane, along with five other academics on their way to a physics conference in Isparta.^[6] Engin Arık (October 14, 1948 – November 30, 2007) was a renowned Turkish nuclear physicist. ...

Crash site

Local officials said the plane had broken into two pieces, with its fuselage and rear landing in different locations. The Anadolu Agency news service said the plane's wings and engine were at the top of a hill while the fuselage was 150 metres (500 ft) lower. A local reporter at the scene described luggage and debris strewn across a large area, which police have cordoned off. It has been reported that the plane crashed at a location not on the typical flight path. Officials are confused as to how the plane ended up there.^[7] Anadolu Agency (AA) (Turkish: Anadolu Ajansı) is the Turkish state news agency commissioned with producing news releases pertaining to the country. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

Investigation

Investigators found the two black boxes, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, during the afternoon of the day of the crash. Weather conditions were reported to be good at the time of the flight,^[8] with a visibility of 12 kilometers, and the aircraft had no known technical issues. The pilots were experienced and had just come out of a routine training session a few days before the accident, as reported by the Anatolian News Agency. Speculation on the quality of technical attention the aircraft received by World Focus Airlines has received major attention by the Turkish media. The term Black Box is a placeholder name used casually, often by journalists, to refer to a collection of several different recording devices used in transportation: the flight data recorder, flight recorder and cockpit voice recorder in aircraft, the event recorder in railway diesel locomotives, the Event Data Recorder in... World Focus Airlines (WFA) is the regional airline of Turkey based in Istanbul. ...

References

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External links

• Pre-accident pictures of the airplane