Three dead as plane breaks into pieces after skidding off Istanbul runway
Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya said the plane failed to ‘hold onto the runway’.
Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya said the plane failed to ‘hold onto the runway’.
Television footage showed serious damage to the plane, with the fuselage appearing to be broken into three pieces.
A huge team of rescue workers had been sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche.
Officials said at least 1,600 people were injured in Friday night’s quake.
Various earthquake monitoring centres gave magnitudes ranging from 6.5 to 6.8.
The quake injured more than 500 people and left several trapped.
The former Nissan chief jumped bail in Tokyo and fled to Lebanon earlier this week rather than face trial on financial misconduct charges.
It is unclear how Mr Ghosn avoided the tight surveillance he was under in Japan and escaped to Lebanon.
The US president warned that if Turkey does not honour its pledge for a permanent ceasefire, he will not hesitate to reimpose sanctions.
The clash with Namibia was called off after Super Typhoon Hagibis saw torrential rain and tornado-like winds hit large parts of Japan.
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The incident near Ankara came on a day when the opposition in Istanbul was celebrating its victory in the city’s mayoral election.
The high stakes of the local contests were brought into stark relief with the deaths of two members of the Islamic-oriented Felicity Party.
The man was fortunately unharmed, managing to leap from the umbrella before it collided with a pole.
The rescue came 18 hours after disaster struck in the Kartal district in the Asian side of the city.