24.02.2026 12:38
The veil of secrecy regarding the wreckage of the THY plane named "Bursa," which crashed in 1975 and is the final resting place for 42 people, including Kamuran Aksu, Fatih Terim's father-in-law, and the singer Seyyal Taner's flight attendant sister, has been lifted 51 years later. In a sonar scan, aluminum pieces believed to belong to the plane were detected on the seabed of the Sea of Marmara.
Search efforts continue for the wreckage of the Turkish Airlines (THY) Fokker F-28 aircraft named 'Bursa', which crashed into the Sea of Marmara on January 30, 1975, resulting in the loss of 42 lives, and whose wreckage has not been found since that day. Social media influencer Nedim Kuru and his team conducted their 5th search today in the Büyükçekmece and Ambarlı areas of the Sea of Marmara, using an underwater drone for SONAR and bottom scanning.
NEW TRACES FOUND
Aluminum pieces believed to belong to the aircraft were captured during the scans. Meanwhile, Nedim Kuru applied to the Istanbul Governorship to create a memorial grave in the Sea of Marmara.
PREVIOUS SEARCH EFFORTS WERE LIMITED
Among those who lost their lives in the accident were names such as Kamuran Aksu, Fatih Terim's father-in-law, and Seyyal Taner's flight attendant sister. Due to the technological inadequacies of the time, the wreckage could not be officially retrieved, and search efforts were limited.
"5 HOURS OF SEARCH WORK WAS DONE, WE CAPTURED NEW PIECES"
Nedim Kuru, who provided information about the work done with the underwater drone in the Sea of Marmara for the 5th time, said, "We conducted the 5th dive operation for the passenger plane named 'Bursa' belonging to THY, which crashed with 42 passengers on board. We searched the wreckage area where the plane crashed for 7 hours with the underwater drone and captured images of other pieces belonging to the aircraft. Among the images, we identified aluminum pieces that we believe belong to the plane," he said.