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Turkey plane: Panic as jet skids off runway at Trabzon | Turkey plane: Panic as jet skids off runway at Trabzon |
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Panic broke out on a passenger jet when it skidded off the runway at a Turkish airport and plunged down the side of a cliff overlooking the sea. | Panic broke out on a passenger jet when it skidded off the runway at a Turkish airport and plunged down the side of a cliff overlooking the sea. |
The Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 168 passengers and crew had flown from Ankara and landed at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast late on Saturday. | |
Everyone on board was evacuated safely, provincial governor Yucel Yavuz said. No injuries were reported. | Everyone on board was evacuated safely, provincial governor Yucel Yavuz said. No injuries were reported. |
The cause of the accident is being investigated, officials said. | The cause of the accident is being investigated, officials said. |
State-run Anadolu news agency said there was panic on board as the plane went out of control. | State-run Anadolu news agency said there was panic on board as the plane went out of control. |
Pictures show the jet lying nose down on a muddy slope just metres from the water's edge. | Pictures show the jet lying nose down on a muddy slope just metres from the water's edge. |
"We tilted to the side. The front was down while the plane's rear was up. There was panic, people shouting, screaming," passenger Fatma Gordu was quoted as saying. | "We tilted to the side. The front was down while the plane's rear was up. There was panic, people shouting, screaming," passenger Fatma Gordu was quoted as saying. |
Mr Yavuz said the airport was closed for several hours while investigations took place. | Mr Yavuz said the airport was closed for several hours while investigations took place. |
In a statement Pegasus Airlines said the plane "had a runway excursion incident" as it landed at Trabzon. |
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