A commercial Turkish plane with 168 people caused panic on Saturday when it skidded off a runway and stopped short of plunging into the Black Sea after it slid and dangled precariously off a muddy cliff with its nose feet away from the Sea. No injuries were reported.
A statement from Pegasus Airlines explained the plane “had a runway excursion incident” as it landed, without stating the reasons as to what to caused the aircraft to careen off the runway to end up clinging nose first down the cliff just feet away from the Black Sea.
A Boeing 737-800 Pegasus Airlines plane dangles off muddy cliff feet away from the Black Sea, January 14, 2018. Credit: AP
Images show the Boeing 737-800 on its belly at an acute angle just above the water.
According to reports, the Pegasus Airlines Flight PC8622 carrying 162 passengers including 2 pilots and 6 crew members would have plunged into the Black Sea had it slid any further along the slope.
A Boeing 737-800 Pegasus Airlines plane dangles off a muddy cliff feet away from the Black Sea, January 14, 2018. Credit: Turkish Airlines
Passengers from the flight which originated from Ankara, described it as a “miracle” that no injuries were reported and everyone was evacuated safely.
A statement from Pegasus Airlines said the plane “had a runway excursion incident” as it landed at Trabzon Airport.
Turkey’s Boeing 737-800 Pegasus Airline dangles from a cliff feet from the Black Sea. Credit: Turkish Airlines
Flights were suspended and the airport closed for several hours after the incident while investigations took place.
Trabzon is a coastal city in northeastern Turkey.
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