737 runway excursion in Turkey

Apparently one, if not two, of the left rear mains locked. You can see skid marks. That is was steered it left.

I bet the plane is totaled.

Unreal it didn't fall further. Very glad no one was injured seriously or killed.

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I've landed there (as a passenger commercially). At least at the time, there was no taxiway and you had to spin 180 degrees to take off after back-taxiing. Seems like this must have happened at fairly low speed or else it'd be in the sea.
 
Can't power back out of that space?
 
deonb said:
Nobody got hurt thankfully, but must have been... interesting.
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Yes, that must have been a very interesting evacuation. Good thing the gear either dug in or collapsed, or it might have been quite a different outcome.
 
Lucky that no one ,ended up down the cliff,during the evacuation.
 
GRG55 said:
Yes, that must have been a very interesting evacuation. Good thing the gear either dug in or collapsed, or it might have been quite a different outcome.
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Terrain following radar and 6-wheel drive saved the day. :rolleyes::)
 
They need 3 guys named Bubba and a big 4WD to pull that thing out of the ditch.
 
kyleb said:
They need 3 guys named Bubba and a big 4WD to pull that thing out of the ditch.
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Nah....

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You can tell the difference between a foreign and a US carrier here. If that had been a US carrier, the airline logos would have already been covered over.
 
GLMS_NC said:
Apparently one, if not two, of the left rear mains locked. You can see skid marks. That is was steered it left.

I bet the plane is totaled.

Unreal it didn't fall further. Very glad no one was injured seriously or killed.

Parts sales starts Monday.
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Rear mains?
 
flyingron said:
You can tell the difference between a foreign and a US carrier here. If that had been a US carrier, the airline logos would have already been covered over.
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If it had been a US carrier there would have been an extra charge levied to get the checked baggage off the plane and carried to the terminal carousel.
 
GRG55 said:
If it had been a US carrier there would have been an extra charge levied to get the checked baggage off the plane and carried to the terminal carousel.
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Gate agent: "That was an act of God ma'am, so we don't cover those expenses"......
 
Going to take some thinking about how to get it out of that "ditch." Someone posted a helicopter picture, I don't think their are any helicopters that big.
 
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