Turkish Airlines controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Turkish Airlines fined over passengers without COVID-19 certificates
Fine or penalty
In January 2021, a mobile court at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport fined Turkish Airlines Tk 300,000 for bringing three passengers who did not have COVID-19 negative certificates. The penalty was issued by the mobile court operating at the airport, according to a report by The Daily Star. The event concerned the airline's carriage of the three passengers without the required negative test documentation.
2020
Pakistan fines Turkish Airlines over COVID-19 SOP violations
Fine or penalty
The Pakistan government imposed a fine of 100,000 PKR on Turkish Airlines for violating standard operating procedures enforced against the COVID-19 pandemic. The report says the airline transported a passenger from Mali to Istanbul for onward travel to Lahore without proof of a negative RT-PCR test.
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The Pakistan government has imposed a fine of 100,000 PKR on Turkish Airlines for violating standard operating procedures (SOPs) enforced against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thursday's development came after Turkish Airlines transported a passenger from a Category-B country Mali to Istanbul for onward journey to Lahore on October 15 without proof of a negative RT-PCR test despite a warning issued by the CAA on Octobr 13 to refrain from transport of such passengers, thw CAA said in a statement.
Turkish Airlines has been slapped with a fine of Rs100,000 for violating coronavirus standard operating producers(SOPs), a notification from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Friday.
1974
Flight 981 disaster
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed near Ermenonville, France, after a cargo-door failure linked to a design defect. All 346 people aboard died, making it one of the deadliest accidents in aviation history.