Authorities said they did not know what caused the incident involving the Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800, which was traveling from Ankara to Trabzon, the AP reported.
Dramatic photos from the scene quickly circulated on social media. Take a look at some of them below:
Pegasus Flight PC8622, a Boeing 737-800 TC-CPF coming from Ankara, overran the runway at Trabzon Turkey Saturday night and went off a slope. All 162 passengers and 6 crew survived https://t.co/2LQuwmUp6a pic.twitter.com/94sLnZkSek
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) January 14, 2018
Breaking News: Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 TC-CPF overrun runway at Trabzon. All pax ok. pic.twitter.com/TWjxYiYKzK
— Turkish Air News (@AnalystTK) January 13, 2018
What a metaphor for the way we live now: “The plane, which had 162 passengers on board, was left dangling precariously off a coastal cliff when its wheels dug into the freezing mud.” https://t.co/lJxYMTIcsQ pic.twitter.com/yuwghWXU8k
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) January 14, 2018
Passenger plane skids off runway stopping just feet from the sea in Turkey's Trabzon. | https://t.co/VD6lqctIXU https://t.co/nDLRtT1Jfy
— Periscope TV News (@PeriscopeTVNews) January 14, 2018
Plane Hangs off Cliff in Turkey pic.twitter.com/IWeLDitgHP
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 14, 2018
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