1959 Air Charter Turkey crash
G-AGRH Zephyr was an Avro Super Trader IV cargo aircraft which crashed on Mount Süphan in eastern Turkey on 23 April 1959. The Super Trader IV was a modified Avro Tudor IV, which had been fitted with an aft cargo door and was flown unpressurized.
An Avro Super Trader IV very similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 April 1959 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain (mountains) |
| Site | Mount Süphan, Turkey 38.92°N 42.82°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Avro Super Trader IV |
| Operator | Air Charter |
| Registration | G-AGRH |
| Flight origin | United Kingdom |
| Stopover | Ankara |
| 2nd stopover | Bahrain International Airport |
| Destination | Woomera Airfield, Australia |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 12 |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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