Eight World Focus Airlines personnel were found guilty in a criminal case involving the 2007 plane crash in Turkey that left 57 people dead.

Yavuz Çizmeci, a business partner at the airline company, Director General Aydın Kızıltan and training director Ismail Tasdelen received prison terms of 11 years and 8 months each for "negligent homicide."

Meanwhile, the company's maintenance director, Fikri Zafer Dincer, received a prison sentence of 5 years and 10 months and the flight's pilots, Vedat Ors and Recep Degirmencioglu, received 2 years and 6 months each for "false testimony."

The former Director General of Civil Aviation Ali Arıduru and the deputy Director General Oktay Erdağı each received prison terms of 1 year and 8 months after being convicted of "misconduct in office."

A World Focus Airlines passenger plane crashed in Turkey's southwest province of Isparta in 2007, leaving 57 people dead, including seven crew members.