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The Pegasus Airlines jet was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members The plane came to rest in the dirt above the Black Sea with its nose pointed toward the water.
He did not elaborate. Help soon arrived,” he said.Another survivor, Alper Kulu, told the DHA news agency the flight was “abnormal from the start to the finish.”“It was a very turbulent flight. Everyone was calling for help.
These are external links and will open in a new windowA passenger plane landing at an airport in Istanbul has skidded off the runway and broken into three parts, killing three people and injuring 180 others, officials say.The Pegasus Airlines jet was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members from Izmir province in the west when it crashed at Sabiha Gokcen airport.The Boeing 737 was trying to land in heavy tailwinds and rain.The airport was closed and flights diverted after the accident.The majority of people on board were Turkish, but local media quoted the airline's records as saying there were 22 foreign passengers from 12 other countries. The three dead were Turkish citizens.Pegasus Airlines CEO Mehmet T. Nane told a press conference in Istanbul that the black boxes were retrieved and were being deciphered.“It’s not easy to speak here when there are deaths, damages, injuries,” Nane said, choking up. The plane touched down with difficulty.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Passengers who lived through the crash landing in Istanbul that killed three people and left a Turkish plane crumpled into pieces say the plane’s descent felt unusually fast. Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.ISTANBUL (AP) — Passengers who lived through the crash landing in Istanbul that killed three people and left a Turkish plane crumpled into pieces say the plane’s descent felt unusually fast.Engin Demir, who was injured in the crash, told NTV television that he really noticed the speed as the Boeing 737 operated by low-cost Pegasus Airline landed at Sabiha Gokcen Airport on Wednesday evening.Coming in amid strong winds and heavy rain, the plane overshot the runway.
It all happened in 2-3 seconds,” Demir said from his hospital bed in Istanbul.Demir said he was trapped for a while by plane debris falling from the luggage compartment.“There were screams and shouts. He said the impact flipped the seats in front of him completely around. Pegasus Airlines confirms three fatalities in Istanbul crash 06 Feb 2020 by James Chapple Three people have died and nearly 180 have been injured after Pegasus Airlines flight 2193 skidded off the runway at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport on Wednesday (5 February) and broke into three pieces.
There were no injuries.In January 2018, another Boeing 737 in the Pegasus fleet slid off a runway at Trabzon Airport in northeastern Turkey. "He said the plane then fell between 30 and 40 metres off the end of the runway.The airport has since reopened, while prosecutors have opened an investigation into the crash. I heard announcements that the plane could explode,” he said.The plane, carrying 177 passengers and six crew members from the western Turkish city of Izmir, included people from 12 countries.
It was very speedy compared to other flights,” he said, adding that “a ‘Welcome to Istanbul’ announcement was made after the wheels touched down.”He said the plane suddenly swayed left and right, then dipped to the left to fall into the steep ditch. Damaged Air Canada plane lands in Spain after tense hoursRecording shows Iran knew Ukrainian jetliner was hit by a missileUN health agency tackles misinformation over virus outbreakOpioid deaths are surging in the pandemic. Here’s how treatment is adaptingThe fight to end intersex surgeries at a top hospital took a deep toll on activistsMaking people aware of their implicit biases doesn’t usually change minds.