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A Boeing 737-800 of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines after skidding off the runway downhill towards the sea at the airport in Trabzon.
Lucky Escape
Turkish plane comes just metres from skidding into the sea
There were no injuries.
A PASSENGER PLANE skidded off the runway just metres away from the sea as it landed at an airport in northern Turkey last night, local media images showed.
The Pegasus Airlines flight had taken off smoothly from the capital Ankara and landed in Trabzon, but skidded off the runway in the northern airport. No one was injured or killed in the landing.
Dramatic images from CNN Turk broadcaster showed the plane dangerously hanging off a cliff several metres (feet) from the Black Sea, its wheels stuck in mud.
Other images from Dogan news agency showed smoke emanating from the trapped plane.
Pegasus Airlines confirmed in a statement there were no injuries among the 162 passengers onboard as well as two pilots and four cabin crew after they were evacuated.
The cause of the incident was not known but an investigation is under way, the Trabzon governor’s office said.
One of the passengers, Fatma Gordu, panic erupted onboard during the landing.
“We tilted to the side, the front was down while the plane’s rear was up. There was panic; people shouting, screaming,” she told state-run news agency Anadolu.
The airport was temporarily shut before reopening this morning.
