Uzbek citizen injured in airplane accident in Turkey

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) - According to the information of the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Istanbul (Turkey), on 5 February 2020 at 18.00. in local time (8 p.m. Tashkent time) during a hard landing at an airport in Istanbul, a citizen of Uzbekistan B.S. was injured.

She is hospitalized at the Medikana Clinic.

Turkish Airlines Pegasus airliner Boeing 737-800 NG, flying from Izmir, fell into three parts when landing at Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport, having rolled out of the runway. It was landing in adverse weather conditions: a strong wind was blowing and it was raining.

As a result of a hard landing, three people were killed, 179 people were injured.

The Consulate General has taken control of the situation and is taking measures to assist her compatriot.