1959 Turkish leader involved in fatal crash

Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes has survived an air crash near London that killed 12 people. Mr Menderes was on his way to the British capital for talks on Cyprus with the British, Greek and Cypriot premiers when his Viscount jet crashed in Jordan’s Wood, near Newdigate in Surrey. Only 10 of the 22 passengers and crew on board the Turkish Government aircraft survived and two were critically injured. An official from the Ministry of Civil Aviation said it was the worst crash he had seen. Turkish press secretary Sefik Penmen told an impromptu conference at London Clinic: “The Prime […]