None Survive Turkish Plane Crash
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The plane crashed in an area that was not on its scheduled route, according to Semsettin Uzun, the governor of Isparta Province. “We don’t understand how it landed there,” he said.
The Associated Press quoted Ali Ariduru, in charge of Turkey’s civil aviation authority, as saying that there were no signs that either terrorism or sabotage had caused the crash.
The plane’s wings and engines were torn off, and were found on top of the highest peak in the area, which is about 6,000 feet high and has a communications tower, said Ismail Macika, the mayor of Keciborlu. The main fuselage came to rest 500 feet below on the mountainside.
Mr. Uzun, the provincial governor, said, “The body of the plane is there as a whole and the wings don’t exist; I have never seen anything like this.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/01/world/europe/01turkey.html?ref=europe
“...not on its scheduled route...”
I wonder why.
Reminds me of the plane crash Ron Brown was on.