Video captures moment plane skids off runway in Istanbul

Video. Video captures moment plane skids off runway in Istanbul

Video has emerged of the moment an airplane skidded off the runway and into a field at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport on February 5, 2020.

Video has emerged of the moment an airplane skidded off the runway and into a field at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport on February 5, 2020.

Three people died and 179 were injured when the plane left the runway after landing in bad weather, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces.

The aircraft caught fire and split into three.

Passengers had to evacuate through cracks in the smashed plane.

The low-cost Pegasus Airlines plane with 177 passengers and five crew on board was arriving at Istanbul from the western city of Izmir.

The transportation ministry described the incident as a “rough landing.”