Flight PC8622 comes perilously close to plunging into the Black Sea
There was Panic onboard as a Boeing 737-800 stopped at the edge of the Black Sea - with its nose dangling precariously off a cliff edge.
Fortunately, the plane's wheels became stuck in icy mud as it Left the runway at Trabzon Airport. This was what prevented it from entering the sea.
Pegasus Airlines said in a statement there were no injuries among the 162 passengers as well as the two pilots and four cabin crew after they were evacuated.
Emergency services rushed to the scene to douse the aircraft with jets of water
Passengers were seen gathering under the wing of the plane on the steep slope down to the water.
The flight left Ankara, Turkey's capital, on Saturday evening. On landing at Trabzon Airport, just under 90 minutes later, the plane left the runway.
Pegasus Airlines is a Turkish budget airline based in the Kurtköy area of Pendik, Istanbul.
One of the passengers, Fatma Gordu, said panic erupted onboard during the landing.
'We tilted to the side, the front was down while the plane's rear was up. There was panic. People shouting, screaming,' she spoke to state-run news agency Anadolu.
The airport was temporarily shut before reopening on Sunday morning
