A passenger plane trying to land in Turkey this weekend made a heart-stopping skid off a runway of a Turkish coastal airport, plunged down a steep slope on the edge of the Black Sea, ending up only metres from the water’s edge.
No passengers or crew members on the Pegasus Airlines flight were seriously injured, Turkish officials reported on Sunday.
Mr Yuksel Gordu, a passenger, told the official news agency Anadolu that no words could describe the fear of those
on board, according to The Associated Press.
“It’s a miracle we escaped,” he said.
“We could have burned, exploded, flown into the sea.”
Pictures shared on social media showed the plane’s nose close to the water’s edge at an airport in the north-east coastal city of Trabzon.
Pegasus Airlines, a low-cost Turkish carrier, said in a statement that the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, flying to Trabzon from Ankara, the capital, “had a runway excursion incident” as it tried to land.
The 162 passengers, two pilots and four members of the cabin crew were not hurt and disembarked safely, the airline said.
One engine flew into the sea, according to nighttime images from the site.
● Today Online
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