TC-ARK

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • April 3, 1954Accident

    Less than ten minutes after takeoff from Adana Airport, while climbing, the airplane exploded in midair and crashed in the Kurttepe Mountain Range located northwest of the city. Debris were scattered on an area of about 15 km and all 25 occupants were killed, among them the Turkish Archaeologist Remzi Oğuz Arık. The exact cause of the explosion remains unknown.

    Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) · 25 fatalities