- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 30, 2007
Time: 0136
Location: Near Isparta, Turkey
Operator: Atlasjet Airlines
Flight #: 4203
Route: Istanbul - Isparta
AC Type: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Registration: TC-AKM
cn / ln: 53185/2090
Aboard: 57   (passengers:50  crew:7)
Fatalities: 57   (passengers:50  crew:7)
Ground: 0
Summary: While making an approach to land, the passenger plane struck a mountaintop and broke apart, 7.5 miles from Isparta Airport. The accident was caused by pilot error as a result of the condition known as spatial disorientation. The pilot is believed to have lost the sight of line for the horizon and instead of trusting the flight instruments, diverted the aircraft to the route where the crash occurred.
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