Turkey uses large crane to remove skidded plane from slope
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Turkish authorities are using a large crane to lift a passenger plane that skidded off a runway in northern Turkey and stopped on the side of a slope just meters away from the Black Sea.
The Pegasus jet skidded off the runway at a Turkish airport Jan. 13 and plunged down the side of the cliff just a few feet away from the Black Sea. (Associated Press)
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The Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800, with 168 people on board, overshot the runway while landing at Trabzon Airport on Jan. 13. All passengers and crew were evacuated and no one was injured.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ambulances and fire extinguishing trucks were on standby Thursday as the crane lifted the plane up the slope. Workers involved in the recovery posed for a group photograph in front of the half-dangling plane.
Turkish authorities used a large crane to lift a passenger plane from the side of the cliff on Thursday. (Associated Press)
Turkish media said the pilots told investigators the plane's right engine experienced a sudden surge of speed that forced it to swerve to the left, toward the sea.