Khmer Circle រង្វង់ខ្មែរ: Plane skids off Turkish runway on Black Sea coast, passengers unhurt

Sunday, 14 January 2018

Plane skids off Turkish runway on Black Sea coast, passengers unhurt

Reuters Staff

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the Black Sea, but no passengers or crew were hurt, Turkish media reported on Sunday.

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A Pegasus Airlines aircraft is pictured after it skidded off the runway at Trabzon airport by the Black Sea in Trabzon, Turkey, January 14, 2018. Ihlas News Agency (IHA) via REUTERS

The incident happened on Saturday night at Trabzon airport in northeast Turkey. Pictures from the site showed the plane’s nose close to the water’s edge.

Pegasus Airlines said in a statement that the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, flying from Ankara to Trabzon, “had a runway excursion incident” as it landed but the 162 passengers, two pilots and four cabin crew were unhurt.

Reporting by Ceyda Caglayan; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Louise Heavens

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