One person is dead and more than 150 others were injured when a Turkish airliner skidded off a runway and broke apart as it tried to land in bad weather in Istanbul.
Passengers had to scramble through cracks in the plane's fuselage to escape.
The aircraft operated by low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines plane was arriving from the western Turkish city of Izmir with 177 passengers and crew on board Wednesday when it had what the Transportation Ministry described as a “rough landing.”
Istanbul Gov. Ali Yerlikaya said the plane failed to "hold onto the runway" and skidded 50 to 60 meters before it crashed into a ditch from a height of about 30 meters.
Television footage shows serious damage to the plane, with the fuselage appearing to be smashed into three pieces.
NTV television reported the plane caught fire after skidding but said the blaze has been extinguished.
The plane, belonging to low-cost airline Pegasus, arrived from the city of Izmir.
Flights are being diverted to Istanbul's main airport.
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