Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193

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 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, 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 Eight Seven Romeo
Registration	TC-IZK
Flight origin	İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, Izmir, Turkey
Destination	Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey
Occupants	183
Passengers	177
Crew	6
Fatalities	3
Injuries	179
Survivors	180

Aircraft and crew

The wreckage of TC-IZK

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 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 is moving 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, which was later put out 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 is to be held 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]

The CEO of Pegasus Airlines Mehmet T. Nane stated on Thursday, that they had regained possession of the plane’s black boxes, and had initiated the decryption of the data from them.[15]

See also

• Runway excursion
• Air India Express Flight 1344
• Garuda Indonesia Flight 200
• Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 - Another Pegasus Boeing 737 involved in an accident on a runway
• Utair Flight 579

Notes

1. The last two alphanumeric characters of a Boeing aircraft indicate the Boeing customer code. A "Boeing 737-86J" is a Boeing 737-800 produced by Boeing for Air Berlin (the customer assigned customer code 6J by Boeing). Aircraft customer codes are based on the customer ordering the aircraft, and do not change if the aircraft is sold. See list of Boeing customer codes for more information.

References

1. "Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured". Associated Press. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
2. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-86J (WL) TC-IZK Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
3. "Airport shut down: Pegasus Airlines flight from Sharjah skids off runway in Istanbul". Gulf News. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
4. Wert, Jakob (5 February 2020). "Pegasus flight PC2193 breaks into pieces following runway overrun". International Flight Network. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
5. Slotnick, David. "A passenger plane skidded off the runway and broke into pieces in Turkey". Business Insider. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
6. "Turkey plane skids off runway and splits in Istanbul". BBC News. BBC. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
7. "İki pilot hakkında soruşturma başlatıldı" [Investigation launched against two pilots | DW | 06/02/2020]. dw.com (in Turkish). Deutsche Welle. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
8. "Pegasus Havayolları uçak kazasının pilotu ile ilgili gerçekler" [Facts about the pilot of the Pegasus Airlines plane crash]. Kokpit Herald (in Turkish). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
9. "U.S. investigators inspect site of fatal Turkish plane crash". ABC News. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
10. "Pegasus Airlines flight 2193 overruns runway in Istanbul". Flightradar24. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
11. "Miracle: More witness stories emerge from the Pegasus crash landing". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
12. "Three dead, many injured as plane skids off Istanbul runway".
13. "Turkey probes pilots over deadly plane crash". france24.com. France 24. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
14. "Turkey prosecutors summon pilots after plane skids and snaps into three pieces".
15. "U.S. investigators inspect site of fatal Turkish plane crash".