Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) One person died after a passenger plane skidded off the runway and broke apart while landing at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Wednesday. Some 157 people were injured the accident, which appeared to have taken place in poor weather conditions. The Pegasus Airlines plane was carrying 183 people in total, including 175 adult passengers, two young children and six crew members, Istanbul Gov. The airline has confirmed that one of its planes, flight number PC2193, had skidded off the runway. Yerlikaya said the plane skidded up to 60 meters (196 feet) after landing, before falling up to 40 meters down a ditch.

Source: CNN February 05, 2020 16:13 UTC