ISPARTA/ISTANBUL - A Turkish "Atlasjet" plane crashed in Keciborlu town of Mediterranean province of Isparta early on Friday.
"Nobody survived the crash," Atlasjet CEO Tuncay Doganer told reporters.
The plane was en route from Istanbul to Isparta and there were 49 passengers and seven crew members on board. It took off from Istanbul's Ataturk Airport at 12:51 a.m.
According to executives of Ataturk Airport, they lost communication with the Atlasjet aircraft around 1:36 a.m. when it was about to land at Isparta's Suleyman Demirel Airport.
"When the aircraft approached the airport to land, the tower gave permission but then the tower lost communication with the plane," Tayyar Sasmaz, the deputy governor of Isparta, told reporters.
Sasmaz said the aircraft's image was lost in the radar between 1:45 and 2 a.m. when it was about to land at the airport.
The Atlasjet management announced the names of the crew members on the plane as Ferhat Ozdemir, Fahir Aksoy, Cagatay Sirin, Mana Topcu, Sinem Hatice Vurgun and Mumine Bulut.
On the other hand, Atlasjet CEO Doganer said they have not reached any negative information about air conditions and the technical characteristics of the plane.
Relatives of the passengers aboard the plane rushed to Ataturk Airport and Suleyman Demirel Airport immediately after the crash.
Meanwhile, Isparta Governor Semsettin Uzun said military planes spotted the exact place of the wreckage on 1,830-meter Turbetepe region in Keciborlu's Cukuroren village, however search and rescue teams have not reached the area.
Gendarmery forces and search and rescue teams are trying to reach the scene of the crash on foot, whereas ambulances and civil defense teams have been dispatched to Cukuroren village.