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| Packed passenger plane crash-lands in Istanbul, splits into several pieces (VIDEOS) | |
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| A passenger plane has overrun runway at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Apparent footage from the scene shows the aircraft broken into two pieces with flames emitting from its fuselage. | A passenger plane has overrun runway at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Apparent footage from the scene shows the aircraft broken into two pieces with flames emitting from its fuselage. |
| The incident occurred at the international airport on Wednesday. The domestic flight from Izmir overran the runway during landing, according to local media reports. | |
| Footage from the scene shows the plane, apparently belonging to the low-cost Turkish airline Pegasus, broken into several pieces with flames coming from its fuselage. | |
| Passengers were seen evacuating through a large crack in the aircraft’s side. | |
| The plane had 177 passengers on board during the incident, Turkey’s Minister of Transport Cahit Turhan told CNN Turk. Despite hair-raising damage, the official added that no one was killed. | |
| Sabiha Gokcen is Istanbul’s – and, in fact, Turkey’s – second-busiest airport; it handles about 30 million passengers a year. The hub primarily sees domestic traffic, but also serves many international flights. |