Terrifying moment families with young children flee down emergency slides as holiday jet bursts into flames after landing at Turkey’s Antalya airport
This is the terrifying moment a plane burst into flames after a nightmare landing at a Turkish airport.
Dramatic footage shows dozens of passengers – including children – fleeing the burning plane as sirens blare in the background.
Huge plumes of smoke can be seen billowing into the night sky and panicked voices can be heard as firefighters use multiple hoses to tackle the blaze.
Passengers appeared to hold on to their belongings as they used an inflatable emergency slide to escape the inferno.
The Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane operated by Azimuth Airlines caught fire on Sunday after landing at Antalya airport on the Mediterranean coast.
The plane had taken off from Sochi, Russia and was carrying 89 passengers and six crew members, the Turkish Transport Ministry said in a statement.
The pilot made a distress call after the plane landed at 9:34 p.m. local time (6:34 p.m. GMT), and firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, the statement said.
This is the terrifying moment a plane burst into flames after a nightmare landing at a Turkish airport
Dramatic footage shows dozens of passengers – including children – fleeing the burning plane as sirens blare in the background
The ministry confirmed that all 95 people on board were evacuated safely.
No injuries were reported and Suat Seyitoglu, deputy governor of Antalya, told a local newspaper according to The New York Post: “All passengers were evacuated without injuries, and fortunately no one was injured.”
The Ministry of Transport said efforts were underway to remove the plane from the runway.
Arrivals at the airport were temporarily suspended while departures took place from a military-run runway.
Azimuth Airlines said the plane made a rough landing due to wind shear.
Passengers held on to their belongings as they used an inflatable emergency slide to escape the inferno
Huge plumes of smoke can be seen billowing into the night sky and panicked voices can be heard as firefighters used multiple hoses to tackle the blaze
The Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane operated by Azimuth Airlines caught fire on Sunday after landing at Antalya airport on the Mediterranean coast. Here you can see emergency services on site
According to reports, the fire started in the plane’s left engine.
The Turkish State Meteorological Agency had issued a severe weather warning for the region shortly before the incident.
Russia’s Federal Aviation Authority, Rosaviatsiya, said it was investigating the incident.
Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 said the plane was seven years old.
Russia is facing a shortage of aircraft due to Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.