Plane crash in Turkey kills 75

Thursday, January 9, 2003

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- A Turkish Airlines flight split apart in flames as it crashed short of a fog-shrouded runway in southeastern Turkey Wednesday. The Transport Ministry said 75 people were killed and five injured.

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