The beautician who died when her plane struck a high-voltage cable had taken the ill-fated flight to cheer herself up after a series of job rejections.

It was also revealed that her body was so badly burned that her father was only able to identify her by her jewellery.

Stunning Burcu Saglam, 22, and pilot Hakan Koksal, 54, had taken off from Pamukova, Sakarya Province, Turkey, at 3.13pm on Thursday, 1st December, in the small propeller plane.

But at 3.32pm, when flying at an altitude of 1,200 metres (3,937 feet), communication was suddenly lost.

The mangled wreckage of the aircraft was soon found in an empty lot in Osmangazi, Bursa Province, after workers at a nearby natural gas plant informed authorities about an object plunging from the sky.

One of the aircraft’s occupants is believed to have died when the plane caught fire after its wing clipped an overhead power line at the Ovaakca Natural Gas Cycle Power Plant, as seen in this harrowing footage.

The other is believed to have been ejected from the aircraft to their death, said Bursa Mayor Alinur Aktas in the wake of the accident.

Local media are now reporting that Burcu had called Hakan, whom she had met previously, following a series of unsuccessful job interviews on Thursday morning.

After Hakan had told her he was heading to the airport in Pamukova, Burcu had reportedly asked if she could come with him on a flight to cheer herself up.

Hours after the accident, authorities had called the young woman’s family to inform them that one of the two bodies found might be hers.

The family was shocked, as Burcu had told them she was leaving home for job interviews but had not mentioned anything about a flight.

Her devastated father, Mehmet, went to Bursa Forensic Morgue, where he identified his daughter by her necklace.

What caused the plane to fly into the 380,000-volt power line is still under investigation, but local media are now reporting that weather conditions were adverse at the time, with heavy fog.

This is in contrast to the incredible views Burcu had captured and posted to social media from the cockpit of the light aircraft moments before the crash.

Eerily, she had presciently captioned one image “Byee”.

Burcu, who had once run a hair salon with her partner, is survived by her parents, two older sisters, and a brother.