Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen - (SAW)

[Aviador]

A nasty accident in Turkey this afternoon at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen International Airport. It is reported that a Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft had a tail strike on landing during heavy rail leading to the aircraft leaving the paved area and breaking up. There are no reports of any fatalities.

Turkey plane: Three dead, 180 hurt as jet skids off runway in Istanbul

The Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 broke into three parts after landing at an airport in Istanbul.

www.bbc.co.uk

Sound familiar? Back in 2018 a Pegasus Airlines was involved in a similar incident at a different airport when an aircraft left the runway shortly after landing and ended up down a cliff. There were no fatalities.

Passenger plane skids off runway and gets stuck on cliff edge in Turkey

A passenger plane skidded off a runway and was left stuck precariously on the side of a cliff in northeast Turkey last night.

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Aviador]

Further to my last post and a correction. The aircraft involved landed late. The aircraft isnt reported to have had a tail strike as I reported in my earlier post.

 

[mullion]

Also reporting 1 fatality

 

[Aviador]

Three fatalities now reported from this incident. Despite this I'm still amazed there has been so many survivors.

 

[mullion]

Yes having seen the landing video it was still going at quite some speed when it went over the edge