![]() ![]() ![]() The low-cost Pegasus Airlines plane was arriving at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport from the western Turkish city of Izmir when it made its landing despite high tail winds. ![]() Those on board had to evacuate through cracks in the burning plane after it plunged 130ft down a grassy bank at the edge of the runway, leaving at least 179 of its 183 passengers and crew hospitalised.Įarlier the Governor of Istanbul Ali Yerlikaya said that most of the casualties were 'doing well, aside from one or two people.' NTV television reported that the plane's two pilots had been in a serious condition. Terrifying footage has emerged of the moment a burning Boeing 737 skidded for 200ft off a runway in Istanbul tonight before it plunged into a ditch and broke into three pieces, killing at least three. ![]()
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