WATCH 1st footage of plane that crash-landed at Turkish airport
Footage showing a plane which overran the runway at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport has been shared on social media and shows the aircraft in flames.
The video shows the plane broken in half, and appears to have been recorded from inside a moving vehicle or another plane at the airport.
Sabiha Gökçen Havaalanı..
Pist dışına çıkan bir uçak yanıyor. pic.twitter.com/RzzJR8lwV9
— . (@OlaCak_OlaCak34) February 5, 2020
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Other footage gives an even grimmer perspective, as it is clear that the Pegasus Airlines aircraft actually split into three pieces when it overshot the runway and came to a stop on a grassy area nearby.
[now] Pegasus Airlines plane crash lands in Istanbul airport, splits into 3 pieces and blasts into flames @flymepegasus pic.twitter.com/XgV40ueNfR https://t.co/0Y8byrbkCz
— Fuat Kırcaali (@FuatKircaali) February 5, 2020
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Miraculously, there were no fatalities among the 177 passengers according to Turkey’s transport minister, CNN Turk reported.
WATCH 1st footage of plane that crash-landed at Turkish airport