At least 3 people have died after a plane skidded off the runway in Turkey, split into 3 parts, and left almost nobody unhurt

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• At least three people are dead after a Pegasus Airlines plane crashed and broke apart on the runway in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday.
• The plane, flight PC 2193, was carrying passengers from Izmir, Turkey, to Istanbul.
• It split into three pieces and briefly caught on fire. 157 of the 177 on board were injured.
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At least three people are dead after an airplane skidded off the runway at Istanbul's Subiha Gökçen airport on Wednesday, the airline confirmed.

Pegasus Airlines flight PC 2193, from Izmir to Istanbul, had 177 people on board when it skidded off the runway at its destination and split into three pieces.

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