Pegasus airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft plunged down mass panic sparked among travelers and crew-members. The passenger jet on a muddy slope with its nose dangerously close to the Black Sea coast.
Pegasus airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft plunged down mass panic sparked among travelers and crew-members.
The Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft carrying 168 passengers and crewmembers had a “runway excursion incident.
While landing at the Trabzon Airport, the airline said in a statement on Sunday.
Photos showed the aircraft on a muddy slope with its nose dangerously close to the Black Sea coast.
Passengers on the jet told state-run news agency Anadolu there “panic” and “screaming” when the aircraft careened off the runway.
“We tilted to the side, the front was down while the plane’s rear up.
There panic; people shouting, screaming,” passenger Fatma Gordu said, according to Sky News.
Passenger Yuksel Gordu said that words weren’t enough to describe their fear.
“It’s a miracle we escaped. We could have burned, exploded, flown into the sea,” Gordu said.
“Thank God for this. I feel like I’m going crazy when I think about it.”
The airport shut down for hours after the incident.
Pegasus airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft plunged down mass panic sparked among travelers and crew-members.
But reopened by Sunday. Trabzon Governor Yucel Yavuz said an investigation is being conducted.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
“We’ve taken all necessary measures,” Yavuz told Turkish media. “We will re-open the airport to airport traffic as soon as possible.”
Pegasus Airlines also did not provide further details on what caused the jet to skid off the runway.
Photos showed the aircraft on a muddy slope with its nose dangerously close to the Black Sea coast.
Pegasus airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft plunged down mass panic sparked among travelers and crew-members.
Passengers on the jet told state-run news agency Anadolu there “panic” and “screaming” when the aircraft careened off the runway.
