Plane skids off Istanbul runway, 1 dead, 157 injured

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By SUZAN FRASER and MEHMET GUZEL

ISTANBUL (AP) — A plane skidded off the runway Wednesday as it tried to land in bad weather in Istanbul, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces, killing one person and injuring dozens more. Passengers had to evacuate through cracks in the smashed plane.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said one person had died and 157 with injuries were taken to multiple hospitals. Three of the injured required surgery and two others were in intensive care, but none of their lives were thought to be in danger.

The low-cost Pegasus Airlines plane with 177 passengers and crew on board was arriving at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport from the western Turkish city of Izmir when it had what the Transportation Ministry described as a “rough landing.”

Istanbul Gov. Ali Yerlikaya said the plane landed in bad weather, failed to “hold onto the runway” and skidded some 50-60 meters (yards) before crashing into a ditch from a height of some 30 meters.



Rescue members and firefighters work after a plane skidded off the runway at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. The plane skidded off the runway, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces. Authorities said at least 52 people were injured, and passengers were seen evacuating through the cracks in the plane. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)


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[KY_EnviroGuy]

1. Informative video on this crash posted by a skilled pilot.....

Runway Overrun Istanbul Turkey B737-800 5 Feb Pegasus #2193

See his YouTube page for other interesting videos on flying, including some on the Kobe Bryant heli crash and the airliner fuel dump on an elementary school in LA:

Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/blancolirio/videos

KY............

[James48]

2. I am uncomfortable

With anyone using words like “gross negligence of the crew” without data to back it up, and especially within only a few hours of the accident.

I’m a pilot.

It may have been as he described. Or it may have been something else completely.

One thing I DO know, and that is that initial reports are very often conflicting and on error with later established facts.

At this point, my experience says NOT to say that there was gross negligence by the crew. Let’s wait until the investigation is done, the facts are established, and there are more answers than questions.

[Blue_Tires]

3. holy damn...