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Turkish Airlines (Turkish Türk Hava
Yolları) is an airline operated as a "state economic enterprise" owned by
the government of Turkey. It was founded on May
20, 1933 as the State Airlines Administration.
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Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800
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Turkish Airlines Airbus A430-300
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On 3 March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in France,
killing all 346 passengers aboard
On March 28, 2003, an Airbus A310 of the airline, flying from Istanbul to Ankara, was hijacked during the flight, and diverted to
Greece. The hijacker said he wanted to fly to Germany, alleging that his mother and sister were hostages there. At the Athens's Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, the aircraft was surrounded by
Greek security forces and after 3 hours of negotiations the 20 year-old hijacker, Ozgur Gencarslan, finally gave up. It is said
that Gencarslan was not affiliated with any terrorist organisation and was acting on his own.
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