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Memorial Crash Yak 42

On 26 May 2003, a Yakovlev Yak-42D, UM Airlines Flight 4230, crashed in dense fog in Turkey. It was a chartered international passenger flight carrying Spanish peacekeeping troops back from Afghanistan. All 13 crew and 62 passengers (all servicemen) were killed in the crash.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Koos Winkelman

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