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Most passengers on a Pegasus Airlines flight have been injured after the Boeing 737 skidded on a runaway in Istanbul causing the plane to split into three pieces.

Turkey's transport minister has confirmed no one died in the incident at Sabiha Gokcen airport which was the result of a “rough landing”, but 139 of the 177 passengers sustained injuries.

Local media reports the flight was arriving from the Turkish city of Izmir. Footage taken immediately after the crash shows passengers leaving the Boeing 737 through gaps in the fuselage. Image: AP

 

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