All 89 passengers and six crew were safely evacuated.
Istanbul:
The engine of a Russian-made passenger arrangee caught fire after landing at southern Turkey’s Antalya Airport on Sunday, the Turkish convey ministry shelp in a statement.
The ministry shelp landings at the airport were suspfinished until 0300 local time (0000 GMT) while authorities towed the arrangee from the runway.
All 89 passengers and six crew were safely evacuated from the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger arrangee that had come from the Russian Bconciseage Sea resort of Sochi, the ministry shelp.
A video spreadd on social media by Airport Haber novels website showed aascfinishncy units replying at the site of the fire, with ffrails and smoke coming out of the aircreate’s engine.
Videos spreadd by the convey ministry follotriumphg the incident showed the aircreate with fire extinguishing foam undertidyh as firefighters persistd to spray the left-side engine to cgreater it down.
According to the Antalya Airport website, an Azimuth Airlines arrangee from Sochi landed at 1825 GMT.
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