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A glamorous beautician burned to death in a horror plane crash intended to lift her spirits.
Burcu Saglam was on a sightseeing flight with pilot Hakan Koksal, 54, at the time. Due to bad weather, the aircraft clipped the pylon and plummeted to the ground. The pair were both killed near a gas plant in Pamukova, Turkey, last December. According to an inquest, Mr Koksal has been blamed for the crash.
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Reports claim the pilot set the wing on fire when he hit the electric power cable near the Oaakca Natural Gas Cycle Power Plant. Air traffic controllers suddenly lost contact with the plane just 14 minutes after take off.
22-year-old Burcu had booked the pleasure flight to cheer herself up after some setbacks in her career as a beautician. A post published to social media shortly before the crash, showed the smiling young woman with the caption “Byeeeee”.
After the crash, her remains were so damaged, she was only identifiable by her jewellery.
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Grim footage of the crash shows a fireball exploding above the powerplant as the plane clips a pylon lane. More footage revealed the remains of the burned plane and what appeared to be one body.
Bursa Republic Chief Prosecutor's Office says the cause for the crash was pilot error in worsening weather conditions. They say poor visibility probably stopped the pilot from seeing the power line in time.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry's Transportation Safety Investigation Centre said: "The pilot initiated the navigation flight without evaluating the weather, and due to the deterioration of conditions during the return leg, he panicked and lost situational awareness which they said were the human factors that caused the tragedy.
"When the investigation file was evaluated as a whole, it was determined that the plane crash occurred as a result of Hakan Koksal's faulty actions, which could be considered pilot errors, related to the use of the aircraft and pilotage errors due to weather conditions.
"Within these faulty actions, his and passenger Burcu Saglam's deaths occurred. No faulty actions attributable to third parties could be found in the crash.
"Considering these points, and based on the expert report, it was decided that there was no basis for prosecution regarding the suspect and the incident due to the suspect's death."
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