Part 2/11:

The cockpit crew consisted of three Turkish pilots. Captain Ahmed Urdam, a 62-year-old veteran with 24,000 hours of flight time (including nearly 2,000 hours on the 757), was at the helm. First Officer Ikot Gergen, 34, had only 71 hours of experience flying the 757, while Relief Captain Mullahs Evernezaglu brought 15,000 flying hours to the table but was also relatively inexperienced with this specific model.