Pegasus Cliffhanger in Turkey

Passenger jet skids off runway in Trabzon, Turkey to stop on a cliff just metres above the ocean

The Pegasus Airlines flight had taken off smoothly from the capital Ankara and landed in Trabzon, but skidded off the runway in the northern airport. No one was injured or killed in the landing.

Source: news.com.au

Picture: DOGAN NEWS AGENCY / AFPSource:AFP

 

Pegasus timeline key frame  1.14.2018

  • Boeing 737
  • 162 passengers
  • Turkey / Troy
  • Trabzon, Trebizonde
  • Black Sea coast
  • Around 30° angle, airplane on cliff

Turkish Airlines Twitter Message Released: 00:01, 14 January 2018

Source: twitter.com