At Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen Airport, an airplane breaks apart after landing and catches fire. A dead man has now been confirmed.
- A plane crashed in Istanbul after landing.
- The passenger plane broke into three parts .
- There is one dead and more than 100 injured.
Update from February 5, 10:24 p.m .: At least one person was killed in the plane crash in Istanbul . That was said late evening by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. The Turkish Ministry of Transport had previously announced that there had been no fatalities. Koca also spoke of 157 injuries . In the first report, only 52 injured people were mentioned.
Update of February 5, 8:35 p.m .: After the near disaster at Istanbul Airport Sabiha Gökcen , the cause raises questions. According to initial information, the machine had “made a hard landing” and then slid off-road, said Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan. There it broke into three parts. The front part of the machine was torn off completely.
Istanbul / Turkey: Did bad weather lead to the accident?
Apparently, it was only with a lot of luck that the disaster came to a somewhat mild end. The weather may have played a role. At the time of the accident, it was rainy and stormy in Istanbul .
In the meantime, the number of injuries has been revised upwards. The state news agency Anadolu reported later that evening, citing Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya, that 120 people have been brought to hospitals so far. Previously, there were 52 people.
First report: Air crash in Istanbul: plane broken into three parts on landing - video shows dramatic scenes
Istanbul - A plane crash occurred in Istanbul on Wednesday evening. At Sabiha Gökcen Airport, a plane came off the runway in heavy rain and caught fire, reports the German Press Agency.
The Ministry of Transport said that there were no fatalities . Accordingly, 183 people were on board, including six crew members. Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan spoke of the injured in television interviews. How many remained unclear. Istanbul's governor Ali Yerlikaya wrote on Twitter that 52 people had been taken to hospitals.
Istanbul: Airport closed after an accident
As the state broadcaster TRT reported, it was a machine from the Pegasus airline . It could be seen on television pictures that the front part of the machine was torn apart. According to TRT, it was broken into three parts.
The pictures showed how passengers climbed into the open air over a wing. The first video recordings of the accident site were also shown on Twitter shortly after the accident.
In #Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen Airport, a #Pegasus Airlines plane has left the runway. The plane was divided into two and is damaged. Passengers are currently being evacuated. pic.twitter.com/IjdgedAJ1n
- EHA News - German (@eha_deutsch) February 5, 2020The affected airport was initially closed for further flights after the accident, media reported. Flights would be diverted to the large new Istanbul airport.
Airplane crash in Istanbul: Pegasus plane started in Izmir
According to the NTV television station, the plane had started in Izmir in the direction of Istanbul.
At the Sabiha Gokcen airport, a Pegasus plane had only left the runway at the beginning of January.
A plane recently had to make an emergency landing in Madrid too. In this case, a Boeing was affected. A pilot and one of his daughters died near Salzburg.
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