All 89 passengers and 6 crew had been safely evacuated.
Istanbul:
The engine of a Russian-made passenger airplane caught hearth after touchdown at southern Turkey’s Antalya Airport on Sunday, the Turkish transport ministry stated in an announcement.
The ministry stated landings on the airport had been suspended till 0300 native time (0000 GMT) whereas authorities towed the airplane from the runway.
All 89 passengers and 6 crew had been safely evacuated from the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger airplane that had come from the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, the ministry stated.
A video shared on social media by Airport Haber information web site confirmed emergency items responding on the website of the fireplace, with flames and smoke popping out of the plane’s engine.
Movies shared by the transport ministry following the incident confirmed the plane with hearth extinguishing foam beneath as firefighters continued to spray the left-side engine to chill it down.
In line with the Antalya Airport web site, an Azimuth Airways airplane from Sochi landed at 1825 GMT.
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