Turkish Plane With 177 Passengers, Splits In 3, Burst Into Flames With No Fatality

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A plane skidded off the runway and burst into flames at a Turkish airport on Wednesday afternoon, injuring at least 52 people.

The internal flight from Izmir to Istanbul with 177 passengers on board was touching down at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul in very wet weather, when the Pegasus plane overshot the landing.

Footage shows serious damage to the fuselage of the Boeing 737, with passengers being evacuated through the cracks.

Officials said no one has been killed in the incident and the blaze was later put out by firefighters.

It is thought some of the passengers are still stuck on the plane aircraft but emergency workers are currently helping them. There were 12 children among the passengers.

The ministry says the accident was the result of a ‘rough landing.’