February 2020 runway overrun incident in Istanbul, Turkey
Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193
The wreckage of TC-IZK after the crash
Accident
Date
5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)
Summary
Runway overrun on landing
Site
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey 40°54′20″N29°19′35″E / 40.9055063°N 29.3264491°E / 40.9055063; 29.3264491
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-86J[a]
Aircraft name
Açelya
Operator
Pegasus Airlines
IATA flight No.
PC2193
ICAO flight No.
PGT87R
Call sign
SUNTURK 87 ROMEO
Registration
TC-IZK
Flight origin
İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, Izmir, Turkey
Destination
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
Occupants
183
Passengers
177
Crew
6
Fatalities
3
Injuries
179
Survivors
180
Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Izmir 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]
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