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]

Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193

TC-IZK, the aircraft involved in the accident at Stuttgart Airport in 2019
Accident
Date	5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)
Summary	Runway overrun during landing; under investigation
Site	Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-86J[lower-alpha 1]
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

Aircraft and crew

The aircraft was a Boeing 737-86J[lower-alpha 1] (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.[4] 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][6]

The captain was Mahmut Aslan, and the first officer was Ferdinand Pondaag, a Dutch national.[7][8]

Accident

Flight 2193 operated within Turkey from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, Izmir 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.[6] 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.[9]

After what the Turkey's transport minister described as a "rough landing", the aircraft failed to decelerate. It skidded off the east end of the runway[10] and plunged into a ditch, impacting with force that survivors described as like an explosion.[11] 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][6]

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.[12] 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.[13][14]

Investigation

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.[15] 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.[16]

See also

• Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 – Another Pegasus Boeing 737 involved in a runway overrun
• Air India Express Flight 1344

Notes

References

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