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A passenger plane skidded off a runway and was left stuck precariously on the side of a cliff in northeast Turkey last night.<\/p>\n

All 162 passengers and crew on board the Pegasus Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 miraculously escaped, with no serious injuries reported, following the incident at Trabzon Airport, on Turkey\u2019s Black Sea coast.<\/p>\n

Authorities are yet to establish what led to the budget airline plane veering off of the runway shortly after landing, with unverified reports suggesting the incident may have been caused by a bird strike.<\/p>\n

Photographs from the scene showed the plane, which departed from the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday evening, stuck on a partly frozen muddy slope with the nose of the aircraft just metres from the sea below.<\/p>\n

Data from\u00a0flight tracking website RadarBox\u00a0suggests the aircraft struggled to reduce its speed upon landing, reporting the plane was travelling at a speed of 110 knots (204km\/h) on the final third of the runway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One unnamed passenger\u00a0told Turkish media\u00a0they waited inside the plane \u201cfor at least 20 minutes\u201d waiting for help to arrive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThere was a smell of fuel inside so we all thought the plane [would] explode, but thankfully it did not happen,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A<\/span>nother passenger, Fatma G\u00f6rd\u00fc, said there was anguish amongst passengers on board after the plane landed in rainy conditions, adding the aircraft started \u201cshaking\u201d on the runway.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tilted to the side, the front was down while the plane\u2019s rear was up. There was panic. People shouting, screaming,\u201d she told state-run news agency Anadolu.<\/p>\n

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A<\/span>nother passenger, Y\u00fcksel G\u00f6rd\u00fc, said it was \u201ca miracle\u201d that they survived the ordeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plane could have caught fire or fell into the sea. I thank God it didn\u2019t. I feel like going crazy whenever I think about these moments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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F<\/span>ootage posted on social media showed at least one of the aircraft\u2019s windows had been smashed and another clip appeared to show one of the plane\u2019s engines in the water.<\/p>\n

Trabzon governor Yucel Yavuz said the cause of the accident, which resulted in the airport being closed for several hours, is not yet known.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve taken all necessary measures,\u201d he told Turkish media. \u201cWe will reopen the airport to airport traffic as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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P<\/span>egasus Airlines said in a statement they were \u201csorry to report\u201d that Flight PC 8622 \u201chad a runway excursion incident during landing\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAll 162 passengers, 2 pilots and 4 cabin crew have been disembarked safely from the aircraft. There has been no loss of life or injury to anyone on board,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

T<\/span>urkish Airlines said two inbound flights to Trabzon and a scheduled flight from the city to Istanbul were cancelled as a result of the incident. All services have now resumed as normal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: Telegraph<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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