Five survive Turkey jet crash

”It’s a miracle five people came out alive,” Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said while visiting victims’ families. ”The plane was torn apart.”
The pilot of the British Aerospace RJ-100 missed the runway because of heavy fog, officials said. The airport in southeastern Turkey, which is owned by the military, lacks an Instrument Landing System, or ILS, to help during times of low visibility.
On Thursday, distraught relatives, some covering their mouths and noses with tissues, gathered in a gymnasium serving as a morgue. They hunched over bodies–many burned beyond recognition–and tried to identify loved ones by jewelry or teeth.
”How can I find him? The bodies are burned like coal,” said Sukru, whose brother-in-law, Selcuk Sungunapsan, was believed among the dead. Sukru refused to give his last name.
A U.S. Embassy spokesman confirmed an American was killed but said he was not able to release the victim’s name or hometown.
Some relatives were outraged that the pilot tried to land at an airport lacking an ILS.
”We live in a country where human life is so cheap,” said Selami Ozturk, whose nephew was killed. AP