25.01.2026 15:00
The search for the wreckage of the Turkish Airlines 'Bursa' plane that crashed into the Sea of Marmara in 1975 has gained momentum again. Social media celebrity Nedim Kuru and his team detected parts believed to belong to the fuselage of the plane during their underwater drone survey.
The search efforts continue for the Turkish Airlines (THY) Fokker F-28 aircraft named 'Bursa', which crashed into the Sea of Marmara in 1975 and whose wreckage has not been found for 50 years. Social media celebrity Nedim Kuru and his team, who have been searching for the wreckage for a long time, found pieces believed to belong to the fuselage of the aircraft during their recent sonar scan.
An important development has occurred regarding the THY Fokker F-28 aircraft named 'Bursa', which crashed into the Sea of Marmara on January 30, 1975, and whose wreckage has not been found for half a century. The search efforts continue for the aircraft, which resulted in the loss of 42 lives and has not been located for 50 years. Nedim Kuru and his team, during their work around Büyükçekmece and Ambarlı in the Sea of Marmara, had previously identified a piece resembling the nose of the aircraft during a dive with an underwater drone. In their fourth search operation, Kuru and his team detected twisted pieces believed to belong to the fuselage of the aircraft at the specified location. Meanwhile, Nedim Kuru has applied to the Istanbul Governorship to create a memorial grave in the Sea of Marmara.
PREVIOUS SEARCH EFFORTS HAD BEEN LIMITED
Among those who lost their lives in the accident were names such as Kamuran Aksu, the father-in-law of coach Fatih Terim, and Seyyal Taner's sister, who was a flight attendant. Due to the technological inadequacies of the time, the wreckage could not be officially retrieved, and the search efforts were limited.
'7 HOURS OF SEARCH WORK WAS DONE, WE CAPTURED IMAGES OF PIECES'
Providing information about the efforts, Nedim Kuru stated, "We conducted the fourth dive operation for the passenger plane named 'Bursa', which crashed with 42 passengers on board. We searched the wreckage area where the plane fell for 7 hours with an underwater drone and captured images of other pieces belonging to the aircraft wreckage. For the fourth dive operation, fisherman Serhan, who had previously mistakenly caught pieces of the aircraft from that area, also joined us, and in the same region, we captured images of pieces we believe belong to the aircraft," he said.