Turkey Crash: 3 Dead, 179 Hurt After Plane Skids Off Istanbul Runway, Splits in Two

A plane skidded off the runway on Wednesday at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, crashing into a road and breaking into pieces. Turkish authorities said some passengers were injured.

Television footage showed serious damage to the plane, with the fuselage appearing to be broken into three pieces. Passengers were being evacuated through cracks in the plane. NTV television reported that the plane caught fire after skidding but said it had been extinguished.

The plane, belonging to Pegagus Airlines, arrived from the city of Izmir, private NTV television reported. The Transportation Ministry said there were 177 passengers on board but no one has been killed.

NTV television quoted Transportation Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan as saying some passengers were injured. He said emergency crews were still evacuating some passengers from the wreck but most of them evacuated on their own.

The airport has been closed down and flights were being diverted to Istanbul's main airport, the minister said.

The ministry said the accident was the result of a "rough landing."

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