Turkish Airlines Flight 345
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 TC-JAP, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 January 1975 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain during go-around |
| Site | |
 Accident location shown with a cross within the Marmara region | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship |
| Aircraft name | Bursa |
| Operator | Turkish Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | TK345 |
| ICAO flight No. | THY345 |
| Call sign | TURKISH 345 |
| Registration | TC-JAP |
| Flight origin | İzmir Cumaovası Airport, İzmir, Turkey |
| Destination | Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Occupants | 42 |
| Passengers | 38 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 42 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Turkish Airlines Flight 345 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship from İzmir Cumaovası Airport to Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport that crashed into the Sea of Marmara on 30 January 1975 during approach. It was the second worst accident involving a Fokker F28 and third deadliest aviation accident in Turkey at that time.
Coincidentally, the worst accident involving a Fokker F28 was when a sister ship to this aircraft, operating Turkish Airlines Flight 301, crashed almost exactly one year earlier, in January 1974.
The aircraft operating Flight 345 was a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship, registered as TC-JAP, which made its first flight in 1972. Since then, it had accumulated 3713 flying hours in 5062 flight cycles. Flight 345 took off from İzmir Cumaovası Airport at around 18:00 EET (20:00 UTC) for a 40-minute flight to Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport with 38 passengers and 4 crew members on board.[1][2]
