Dubai: Bizarre images of a wreckage have surfaced on social media after a Turkish Airlines flight carrying more than 200 passengers skidded off the runway early Wednesday morning.
The flight TK 726 was attempting to land amid a dense fog in Kathmandu, Nepal according to media reports.
The Airbus 330, which flew from Istanbul, reportedly missed the runway while trying to land.
No serious injuries were reported and all the passengers have been evacuated.
“All 224 passengers have been evacuated, no injuries, everyone is safe,” an airport spokesperson was quoted as saying in an AFP report.
Watch the video that captured the incident, posted by YouTube user Punya Prajapati.
#turkishairlines off runway at Kathmandu #airport @flightradar24 pic.twitter.com/my8vCjANaV— Neil Nepal (@neilpande) March 4, 2015
Another view of #TK726 off the runway at KTM (via @402MW): pic.twitter.com/SZYG9LoZKF #Nepal #aviation— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 4, 2015
Glad that no one was hurt as Turkish Air #Tk726 skidded off runway at Kathmandu Airport. (Pic: Social Media Accounts) pic.twitter.com/bTXJSHr7lm— Ujjwal Acharya (@UjjwalAcharya) March 4, 2015
Passengers walk away from a Turkish Airlines plane after it skidded off the runway while landing at Kathmandu airport in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on March 4, 2015. Aviation officials said no one on board was injured, although one witness described how terrified passengers leapt from their seats as the cabin filled with smoke after the plane skidded to a halt.
Image Credit: AFP
