{"id":15817,"date":"2020-02-07T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=15817"},"modified":"2020-02-07T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T13:53:40","slug":"plane-crash-in-istanbul-179-passengers-injured-and-3-claimed-to-be-dead-as-pegasus-boeing-737-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/plane-crash-in-istanbul-179-passengers-injured-and-3-claimed-to-be-dead-as-pegasus-boeing-737-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Plane crash in Istanbul: 179 passengers injured and 3 claimed to be dead as Pegasus, Boeing 737 crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Earlier this week, a plane flying into Istanbul&#8217;s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport skidded off the runway while landing in bad weather and broke apart, claiming the lives of three people and injuring another 179 passengers who were on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">The plane crashed into a field and snapped into three pieces following a rough landing. Passengers were seen sprinting through the fuselage to escape, the Transportation Ministry described.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">The plane was supposedly afflicted by strong winds and heavy rain pouring in<strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/flights\/africa\/turkey\/istanbul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Istanbul (opens in a new tab)\">Istanbul<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, Turkey&#8217;s largest city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">The Governor of Istanbul Mr Ali Yerlikaya said the plane failed to hold onto the runway and slid about 50-60 metres (54-64 yards) before it plunged into the ditch from a about 30 metres of height (98 feet). Furthermore, the Governor Yerlikaya said, &#8220;We are deeply saddened &#8230; But we are very happy that we escaped a greater accident,&#8221; adding that the plane could have burst into flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Turkey\u2019s Minister of Health Mr Fahrettin Koca reported early on Thursday that three passengers had died and 179 injured, required care at multiple hospitals. The injured included the plane&#8217;s two pilots, who were in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">The Boeing 737 is operated by a Turkish low-cost carrier\nPegasus Airlines had come from the Aegean port city of Izmir. The plane was\nsaid to be carrying 177 passengers including 12 children and 6 crew members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">A survivor of the crash Mr Dogus Bilgic told the Turkish television channel NTV that he fled the hammered plane through a small opening near his seat and was one of the first passengers to get out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">&#8220;We travelled on the runway for some 20 or 30 seconds,\nthen all of a sudden we flew off the runway,&#8221; he said while seated in a\nwheelchair because of a leg injury. &#8220;It happened in seconds&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">He was seated in 25C. The plane broke apart at row 26,\nadding that he threw himself out of the plane when he saw the opening. The\nfront part of the plane was in a terrible state. It was completely broken apart\nhe said. As other passengers emerged from the wreckage, Bilgic said he helped\ntwo or three to the ground, by carrying them out of the wreckage as the\npassengers were not doing as well as the others who got out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">The plane was badly damaged and the flames inside were later put out by firefighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Two accidents in two months<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Pegasus is a privately-owned, low-cost carrier based in Istanbul that flies 97 routes, that flies mostly within <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/top-10-cheap-hotels-in-turkey-for-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Turkey (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Turkey<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/flights\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"destinations in Europe (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">destinations in Europe<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, the Middle East and Central Asia. This incident takes place after a period of four weeks, another Pegasus plane which was carrying 164 people on board skidded off the runway at the same airport in the first week of January. There were no injuries reported on that occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Pegasus Airline is known for their low fares, but it would\nbe unfair to brand them as unsafe just because they offer very competitive\nfares said aviation specialist Alex Macheras. There will be serious questions\nasked now that this airline has endured its second runway mishap in just four\nweeks. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Dozens of rescue crew members gathered around the fuselage, which includes the cockpit, which had flipped over. The plane was a 11 year ole Boeing 737, according to the flight tracking website Flightradar24. Prosecutors opened an investigation of the accident, the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, a plane flying into Istanbul&#8217;s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport skidded off the runway while landing in bad weather and broke apart, claiming the lives of three people and injuring another 179 passengers who were on board. The plane crashed into a field and snapped into three pieces following a rough landing. 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