Panic prevailed at Antalya Airport in Turkeywhen Turkish Airlines aircraft made a forced landing landing on the landing system, with passengers evacuating the plane from emergency slide.
Specifically, the Turkish Airlines TK243 flight had departed from Istanbul at 17:25, but shortly before the take-off appeared to emerge smoke from the Boeing 777-300er landing system, while the aircraft was driving. First information makes a talk of severe hydraulic damagewhich forced the pilot to return and land directly to Antalya, Turkey.
Passengers used emergency slide to leave the aircraft.
Turkish Airlines flight TK2430, a Boeing 777-300ER, evacuates on the apron after landing at Antalya Airport after the crew detected a fire in the aircraft’s landing gear. pic.twitter.com/d6Z6SGa0jT
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All 247 passengers as well as the 13 crew members were safely removed, while the aircraft was later towed in a safe airport zone.
Turkish Airlines has not yet issued an official announcement, with a complete investigation into the causes of the incident.