No injuries reported after passenger plane skids off runway in Turkey

Reuters

• No injuries were reported after a passenger plane skidded off the runway and down a slope into the Black Sea in Turkey on Saturday night.
• Pegasus Airlines said the plane "had a runway excursion incident."

A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the Black Sea, but no passengers or crew were hurt, Turkish media reported on Sunday.

The incident happened on Saturday night at Trabzon airport in northeast Turkey. Pictures from the site showed the plane's nose close to the water's edge.

Pegasus Airlines said in a statement that the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, flying from Ankara to Trabzon, "had a runway excursion incident" as it landed but the 162 passengers, two pilots and four cabin crew were unhurt.

Panic aboard the plane ensued as it lost control, according to the BBC, citing Turkish media.

"We tilted to the side. The front was down while the plane's rear was up. There was panic, people shouting, screaming," one passenger said.

"It was a miracle," another passenger said. "We could have burned, we could have exploded or we could have gone into the sea."

The Washington Post video below gives a closer look: