It fell apart and caught fire: in Turkey, a passenger plane crashed during landing

At the Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul (Turkey), the plane rolled out of the runway and crashed into a fence. After landing, the plane fell apart and caught fire. Writes about it RBC.

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“The Pegasus plane just crashed at Sabiha Gokcen Airport,” a Twitter user wrote, posting a video from the scene of the incident.

The Pegasus Airlines passenger Boeing 738, flying from Istanbul to Izmir, Turkey, could not stop on the runway during landing and left.

After landing, the plane broke into 3 parts and a fire started in it; there were 183 people on board - 177 passengers, including two children, and 6 crew members, all of them were evacuated.

As a result of a hard landing of a Turkish Pegasus airline plane in Istanbul, three people were killed, 179 people were injured, the country's Ministry of Health said. As a result of a hard landing of a Turkish Pegasus airline plane in Istanbul, three people were killed, 179 people were injured, the country's Ministry of Health reported. with the BBC.

Local media reported that most of the passengers on board were Turks, 20 people were foreigners.

One of the records that appeared on social networks shows that inside the plane there was a fire that was quickly put out by firefighters.

According to Istanbul Governor Ali Erlikai, bad weather conditions were a preliminary cause of the crash.

“According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident is bad weather conditions. The plane crashed onto the runway from a height of 30 meters. So far we have taken 120 people to hospitals,” the governor said.

Az önce Sabiha Gökçen havalimanında Pegasus'un bir uçağı düştü ? pic.twitter.com/PZ0zYy3NKS

- MYA (@myatasever) February 5, 2020

After the accident at the airport in Istanbul, flights were temporarily suspended. The planes that were supposed to land there were redirected to Istanbul Airport. The incident occurred at about 18:00 local time, all passengers were evacuated, now firefighters, doctors and police are working on the spot.

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