Khaberni - More than 50 years after its disappearance, a volunteer search team led by Turkish YouTuber Nadim Koro found wreckage believed to be from a passenger plane that crashed into the Sea of Marmara in 1975, and the fate of its 42 passengers remains unknown.
The commercial aircraft was coming from Izmir when it disappeared just before landing at Istanbul Airport, and the black boxes or the bodies of the passengers have not been found throughout these years.
The team used an underwater drone capable of diving and filming to explore the seabed near the area of "Büyükçekmeçe" west of Istanbul, where the curved metal wreckage was clearly visible in a video published on YouTube, bringing the forgotten case back to the forefront.
Koro and his team believe the wreckage comes from the Turkish Airlines Fokker F28, named "Bursa," which crashed on the evening of January 30, 1975, during stormy weather. The team plans a new exploratory trip to search for more wreckage and perhaps remains of the passengers.
Among the victims of the plane were Kamuran Aksu, the father-in-law of the famous Turkish football coach Fatih Terim, and the sister of singer Siyal Taner. Over the years, fishermen have found some metal debris near Istanbul, but its connection to the plane has not been officially confirmed until now.
