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The plane was leased from Russia to help contain wildfires.

A plane of the Turkish Stars, the aerobatic demonstration team of Air Force, has crashed in Konya for an unknown reason. The pilot has lost his life.

Pegasus Airlines has dismissed former fighter pilot Bahadır Altan, who said on TV after the plane crash, “Let’s just stop as a country. We are still talking about the 3rd airport, still opening a canal. The country is an accident waiting to happen.”

The head of the Dutch Safety Authority has announced that last week’s Turkish Airlines plane crash in Amsterdam may have been caused by a faulty altimeter.

Early Wednesday morning, a Turkish Airlines plane said to have been flying from Istanbul crashed at Amsterdam's airport. Nine are reported to have died, while fifty are injured, 25 of them seriously.

An Atlasjet plane travelling from Istanbul to Isparta crashed before being able to land. The 50 passengers and 7 crew members are dead.