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Jetliner Skids Off Slick Runway onto Black Sea Cliff

A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 slid off the runway and rested on a cliff above the Black Sea in Ankara, Turkey. NBC News/YouTube
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Key Takeaways:

  • A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 slid off a wet runway at Trabzon Airport, Turkey, coming to rest on a cliff above the Black Sea.
  • All 168 passengers and crew onboard were safely rescued from the precariously dangling aircraft.
  • Pilots reported a sudden surge in the jet's right engine during landing as the cause, and the airport has since reopened after the aircraft was removed.
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It was one of those “Is that even real?” moments on Monday when photos surfaced showing a Boeing 737 dangling from a cliff above the Black Sea in Ankara, Turkey.

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