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    On 17 February 1959, a Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount Type 793 (registration TC-SEV) on an international charter flight from Esenboğa International...
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    engineer. 17 February 1959 – A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount 794D (registration: TC-SEV) on an international charter flight crashed in heavy fog at Newdigate...
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  • Turkish Airlines (Turkish: Türk Hava Yolları) or legally Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı is the flag carrier of Turkey. As of 2022[update],[needs update]...
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    of Gatwick Airport. It was the first serious incident at the airport since a crash in February 1959, when a Vickers Viscount operated by Turkish Airlines...
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  • the 1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash, a chartered Vickers Viscount 793 carrying the Turkish prime minister and other government officials crashed in...
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    were killed. Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes was among the survivors. On 5 March 1959, YS-09C of TACA International Airlines crashed shortly after...
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  • The main base transferred to Gatwick in 1960 when Blackbushe closed to commercial airlines. Dan-Air's arrival at Gatwick in 1960 coincided with the entry...
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  • and it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of International Airlines Group (IAG). The airline's head office is on the grounds of Dublin Airport in Cloghran...
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  • crash involving Turkish Prime Minister's plane in 1959. 1907: Gatwick Golf Club was founded. 1916, 1917, 1918: The Grand National was run at Gatwick during...
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    British European Airways (category Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom)
    applications by independent airlines seeking to be licensed as competitors to the state airlines. Each application by an independent airline for a scheduled route...
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