Kızılada, aka Kızıl Ada, anciently Lagusa or Lagousa or Lagussa or Lagoussa[1][2] is a Turkish island in the Mediterranean Sea situated in the Fethiye Bay, southwestern Turkey.

[3] The island hosts also the 19-century Kızılada Lighthouse on its southern point,[4] which was redeveloped into a seafood restaurant in 2007 and a hostel with nine rooms in 2008.

[6] In the early hours of August 3, 1953, Air France Flight 152 en route Beirut, Lebanon from Rome, Italy made an emergency water landing in the Gulf of Fethiye 2 km (1.2 mi) off the island after losing an engine in-flight.

With the help of the keeper Mustafa Pehlivan of the Kızılada Lighthouse, customs officials and fishermen, 38 people of the 8 aircrew and 34 passengers on board of the aircraft of type Lockheed L-749A Constellation survived the accident while four elderly passengers died by drowning.

After plantation, the saplings were treated with banishing chemicals to protect them from wild goat (Capra aegagrus) and hare (Lepus) living on the island.