AN ATLASJET plane crashed on a rocky mountain shortly before it was due to land in southwest Turkey yesterday, killing all 57 people on board, including a six-week-old baby going to see her grandparents for the first time.

An Atlasjet plane crashed shortly before it was to land in central Turkey this morning, killing all 56 people on board, the airline’s chief executive said.

Two men claiming to be carrying a bomb hijacked a Turkish passenger plane heading from northern Cyprus to Istanbul today.

Hijackers claiming to have bombs and to be members of al-Qaida today hijacked a Turkish passenger plane heading from northern Cyprus to Istanbul.