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In pics: Turkey jet skids off runway; all 168 passengers miraculously safe

The aircraft slid down the edge of a cliff and stopped just short of plunging into the Black Sea

In pics: Turkey jet skids off runway; all 168 passengers miraculously safe
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A plane skidded off a runway and down a cliff in Turkey, narrowly avoiding crashing into the sea. Photo: Twitter

BS Web TeamANI
A passenger plane with 168 people onboard skidded off the runway on Saturday night at Trabzon Airport.
The aircraft slid down the edge of a cliff and stopped just short of plunging into the Black Sea.
According to the local media reports, no passengers or crew members on the Pegasus Airlines flight were seriously injured.
All 162 passengers and six crew members were evacuated while work was underway on Sunday to remove the Boeing 737-800 from the site.
Trabzon Governor Yucel Yavuz confirmed that all 168 people on board were evacuated safely.
Yavuz said the cause of the accident was not yet known.
 
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