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On His First Day, the Turkish Pilot Who Planned a Tour of the World on a Plane Dies.

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A Turkish pilot has died on the first flight day of a tour of the world in which he intended to travel 28,000 kilometres in 160 hours on a light plane, according to authorities this Thursday, indicating that a passenger was injured in the crash.Mehmet Demirci, a 57-year-old retired electrical engineer, took off yesterday from the city of Eskişehir, in north-west Turkey, with the aim of participating in the air festival held in Oshkosh, in the U.…

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A Turkish pilot has died on the first flight day of a tour of the world in which he intended to travel 28,000 kilometres in 160 hours on a light plane, according to authorities this Thursday, indicating that a passenger was injured in the crash.Mehmet Demirci, a 57-year-old retired electrical engineer, took off yesterday from the city of Eskişehir, in north-west Turkey, with the aim of participating in the air festival held in Oshkosh, in the U.…

·Madrid, Spain
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He had taken off to the United States to participate in an air festival after years preparing the trip in a light monomotor.

Pilot Mehmet Demirci came to the agenda after the plane crash that deeply saddened Turkey. Here is Pilot Mehmet Demirci's life and all the details about the crash...

·Türkiye
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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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