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Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193

Coordinates: 40°54′20″N 29°19′35″E / 40.9055063°N 29.3264491°E / 40.9055063; 29.3264491
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Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193
Accident
Date5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)
SummaryRunway overrun on landing
SiteIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
40°54′20″N 29°19′35″E / 40.9055063°N 29.3264491°E / 40.9055063; 29.3264491
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-86J[a]
Aircraft nameAçelya
OperatorPegasus Airlines
IATA flight No.PC2193
ICAO flight No.PGT87R
Call signSUNTURK 87 ROMEO
RegistrationTC-IZK
Flight originİzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, İzmir, Turkey
DestinationIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
Occupants183
Passengers177
Crew6
Fatalities3
Injuries179
Survivors180

Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from İzmir to Istanbul in Turkey operated by Pegasus Airlines. On 5 February 2020, the Boeing 737-800 operating the route skidded off the runway while landing at Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Turkey. Three people were killed, 179 people were injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.[1] It was the first fatal accident in the airline's history.[2] The accident came less than a month after another Pegasus Airlines accident (Flight 747) involving a Boeing 737 skidding off the runway at the same airport.[3]

Flight 2193 after the accident

Accident

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Flight 2193 operated within Turkey from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, İzmir, to Istanbul without incident. At approximately 18:30 local time,[1] the plane attempted to land at Sabiha Gökçen in Istanbul in heavy rain and strong tailwinds.[4] A thunderstorm with strong wind gusts was passing through the area at the time of the accident.[5] Two other aircraft aborted their landing attempts at the same airport shortly before Flight 2193 landed.[6]

After what Turkey's transport minister described as a "rough landing," the aircraft failed to decelerate. It skidded off the east end of the runway[7] The aircraft hit ILS antennas and a small building before it fell 30 m down an embankment, impacting with a force that survivors described as like an explosion.[8] The aircraft broke into three sections, with the forward section of the fuselage especially damaged during the incident. Passengers escaped the plane via gaps between the fuselage sections. A fire broke out, and was later extinguished by firefighters.[1][4]

In the early hours of Feb 6th 2020 Turkey's health minister said three passengers were killed and 179 people were taken to local hospitals with injuries.[1] 12 children were believed to be on board the plane, according to reports from the Turkish media.[9] An investigation of the pilots will be launched based on speculations of crew negligence. The pilots received treatment in the hospital, before they were taken to a police station to provide their statements.[10][11]

Aircraft and crew

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TC-IZK, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 2016

The aircraft was a Boeing 737-86J[a] (registration TC-IZK), serial number 37742. It was 11 years old at the time of the crash, having first flown in January 2009. The plane had previously been operated by the now-defunct German airline Air Berlin before being acquired by Pegasus in May 2016.[12] Prior to the crash, Pegasus was scheduled to withdraw this aircraft once leasing expired, as the airline plans to move to an all-Airbus fleet in the future.[5][4]

The captain was Mahmut Aslan, and the first officer was Ferdinand Pondaag, a Dutch national.[13][14]

Investigation

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The CEO of Pegasus Airlines, Mehmet T. Nane, stated that they had recovered the plane's black boxes, and had begun extracting the data inside.[6][needs update] A preliminary report indicated that high tailwinds were present upon landing, and that the pilots, being unaware of this, may have ceased braking efforts prematurely.[2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b The last two alphanumeric characters of a Boeing aircraft indicate the Boeing customer code. A "Boeing 737-86J" is a Boeing 737-800 produced by Boeing for Air Berlin (the customer assigned customer code 6J by Boeing). Aircraft customer codes are based on the customer ordering the aircraft, and do not change if the aircraft is sold. See list of Boeing customer codes for more information.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured". Associated Press. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-86J (WL) TC-IZK Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Airport shut down: Pegasus Airlines flight from Sharjah skids off runway in Istanbul". Gulf News. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Turkey plane skids off runway and splits in Istanbul". BBC News. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b Slotnick, David. "A passenger plane skidded off the runway and broke into pieces in Turkey". Business Insider. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b "U.S. investigators inspect site of fatal Turkish plane crash". ABC News. Associated Press. 8 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Pegasus Airlines flight 2193 overruns runway in Istanbul". Flightradar24. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Miracle: More witness stories emerge from the Pegasus crash landing". Daily Sabah. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Three dead, many injured as plane skids off Istanbul runway". Al Jazeera. 6 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Turkey probes pilots over deadly plane crash". France 24. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  11. ^ Tuysuz, Gul; Sariyuce, Isil; Dewan, Angela (6 February 2020). "Turkey prosecutors summon pilots after plane skids and snaps into three pieces". CNN.
  12. ^ Wert, Jakob (5 February 2020). "Pegasus flight PC2193 breaks into pieces following runway overrun". International Flight Network. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  13. ^ "İki pilot hakkında soruşturma başlatıldı" [Investigation launched against two pilots]. dw.com (in Turkish). Deutsche Welle. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Pegasus Havayolları uçak kazasının pilotu ile ilgili gerçekler" [Facts about the pilot of the Pegasus Airlines plane crash]. Kokpit Herald (in Turkish). 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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