*What is the elevation of the initial impact point
*What are the coordinates of the impact point
*What heading does the acft appear to have been on at impact
*What part of the approach was it on at impact - was it still arriving inbound to the IPT VOR or was it, as reported in some sources, flying the final part of a VOR/DME app to rwy 05.
I have tried to update a map as accurately as possible in
post #99, based on press reports. The impact point has been reported to be slightly above 5,000 ft at 7 nm (11 or 12 kms) NW of the airport - which means JACDEC's information is not correct. Aerial shots of the scene indicate that the MD-83 impacted on an SE heading direct towards the VOR, see for instance:
http://www.md80.net/yabbse/index.php?topic=4007.0
Turkish pilot sources, as well as Turkish press, say that the Atlas (or actually World Focus) crew reported "overhead IPT VOR" 18 mins before last transmission, even though they were not nearly at the VOR entering their racetrack. By doing so they allegedly bought themselves space to move around in the sector west of the airport on an improvised visual shortcut to final 05 via left base. This would be supported by the fact that the aircraft crashed in landing configuration.
The other possibility is that the racetrack was flown, but for some reason it went wrong, bringing the aircraft far left of extended rwy centerline 05.
If people familiar with ops into Isparta could enlighten if a SE heading DCT IPT VOR is likely as depicted in post #99 it would be helpful.