Dear Colleagues,
In this study, it was tried to determine the deaths and causes of active pilots (under 65 years old according to the legislation) during the 62 years between 1961 and 2023 in Turkey. Deaths during the retirement period were not included in the study. Pilots working in Turkish ports, straits and inland waters and, as an exception in Libya’s Tobruk Port (only one pilot), took part in the study. The pilots who served as military workers in the Turkish Naval Forces Command were excluded from the study. In the study, the names and surnames, birth and death dates of the pilots, the age of death, the institution/organization in which he was assigned, the cause of death and the school and year he graduated from are presented. The researcher reached the pilots mentioned in the study with the means at hand. There may be deficiencies in the study. We would like to thank those who will contribute to this work in advance.
The death of 20 pilots during 62 years reveals that 1 pilot lost his life in 3,1 years. In my study in 2014, this ratio was 3,50.
Among the causes of death, heart-related diseases come first with 8 deaths. Other diseases come second with 6 deaths, and pilot ladder accidents come third with 4 deaths. In the fourth and last place, one death each comes because of traffic accident and fire/explosion on board.
Table-1 Below shows the causes, number and percentages of death included in the study:
Table-1 Causes of death, number, percentage.
Table-1 Causes of death, number, percentage.
