Boeing plane breaks into pieces after overshooting Turkish runway

A plane flying into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport from Izmir skidded off the runway and crashed but there were no fatalities, Turkish Transport Minister Cahit Turhan says.

The plane split into three pieces on Wednesday after what Turhan called a rough landing.

He added some passengers were injured.

A spokeswoman for Pegasus Airlines confirmed the crash but did not provide further details.

Incredibly, nobody was killed when the budget airline’s plane crashed. Photo: Getty

Turhan said the plane was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members from Turkey’s western province of Izmir.

Footage on Turkish media showed the plane’s fuselage, as well as a section near the tail, had broken off.

Passengers were being led out as the plane lay on a patch of grass next to the runway.

Emergency crews and airline staff at the wreckage site as investigations begin into the crash. Photo: Getty

Earlier footage showed part of the exterior of the plane had caught on fire.

A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane stuck in mud on an embankment, a day after skidding off the airstrip, after landing at Trabzon on January 13, 2018. Thursday’s crash also involved a Pegasus’ Boeing 737. Photo: Getty

-with AAP

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