13 minutes agoDetails from the Istanbul plane break, where 177 passengers were
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)A plane has slipped off an airport track in Istanbul, causing the plane to split into three sections. Pegasus Airlines, which carried 177 passengers, had just arrived from the city of Izmir, adding that the pipe had a fire but has since disappeared. Images following the crash seem to indicate passengers leaving [...]
A plane has slipped off an airport track in Istanbul, causing the plane to split into three sections.
Pegasus Airlines, which carried 177 passengers, had just arrived from the city of Izmir, adding that the pipe had a fire but has since disappeared.
The images immediately after the crash seem to indicate passengers leaving Boeing 737 through the openings of the plane.
The inside of the cabin can be clearly seen, with the sites appearing damaged and the open doors.
Doctors are also on stage and seem to be trying to make a rescue from the plane's ruins.
Conditions at the airport, which is now mired in darkness, can continue to be difficult with rainfall in Istanbul.
Turkey's Transport Minister Cahit Turhan has said no one has died in the crash at airport Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcenı, adding that the incident was the result of a <x0-ULL tough”. Officials say 52 people are in hospital as a result of the incident.
The incident comes just a month after another Pegasus took off track at the same airport.
