Plane breaks in three after landing

A passenger plane travelling from Izmir-Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB/LTBJ) to Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW/LTFJ)  has skidded off the runway and broken into three parts, killing one person and injuring more than 150, officials say. The Pegasus Airlines jet was carrying 171 passengers and six crew members from Izmir province in the west when it crashed at Sabiha Gokcen airport. At the time the flight arrived in the vicinity of Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen Airport, a thunderstorm was passing through and the was tower reporting the wind was 300 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 21 knots. At 18:19 (local) Pegasus 2193 touched down on runway 06, but failed to come to a complete stop on the runway. It overran and went down an embankment, breaking in three. The aircraft came to rest about 20 m below runway elevation. The last recorded ground speed was 63 knots as the aircraft crossed the perimeter road. The airport was closed and flights diverted after the accident. Turkish media said the majority of people on board were Turkish but there were also about 20 foreign nationals. Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya said: Runway 06 is a concrete runway with a LDA (Landing Distance Available) of 3000 m.

Aircraft Information.
Airline: Pegasus Airlines
Code: PC / PGT
Aircraft: Boeing 737-86J (WL)
Registration: TC-IZK
Serial Number: 37742
Engines: 2 CFMI CFM56-7B24
First Flew: 23/01/2009
Age: 11
Started its life with Air Berlin and was stored from January 2016 to May 2016 when Izmir Airlines took it up.


Pegasus Airlines, a low-cost carrier, has a fleet of 77 aircraft - 32 Boeing 737-800's - 43 Airbus A320's and 2 A321 planes - and has been flying for 30 years.  This is not the first time a Pegasus plane has had a runway excursion. A Pegasus 737 coming in from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates skidded off the runway at the same airport on the 7th January this year. There were no casualties but the airport had to be temporarily closed. And another Pegasus 737 (TC-CPF) also skidded off the runway at Trabzon airport in January 2018, plunging down the side of a cliff overlooking the sea.