Plane carrying 56 goes missing in central Turkey

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ANKARA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A Turkish plane with 56 people on board has gone missing in central Turkey, the private airline company AtlasJetair said on Friday.

The plane disappeared from radar screens shortly before it was due to land at Isparta, a town about 150 km (90 miles) north of the Mediterranean resort of Antalya.

AtlasJetair chief executive Tuncay Doganer told the CNN Turk broadcaster there were 49 passengers and seven crew aboard the aircraft, which was flying from Istanbul.

Turkey's state Anatolian news agency said aviation authorities lost contact with the plane at 2336 GMT on Thursday, just after the pilot said he was preparing to land at Isparta's Suleyman Demirel airport.

The agency said a crisis desk had been set up at the airport.

Isparta is a mountainous area of Turkey, which is now in the grip of winter with snow and fog common on higher ground across much of the country.