ISTANBUL, Turkey: A Russian plane’s engines caught fire after landing at an airport in southern Turkey on Sunday, forcing more than 90 passengers and crew to be evacuated.
Azimuth Airlines of Russia was operating a Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SU95) at the time of the incident.
According to transport ministry statement, a fire started in one of the plane’s engines shortly after it touched down at Antalya airport on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast.
“A SU95 type and RA89085-registered aircraft of Azimuth Airlines travelling from Sochi airport in Russia to Antalya airport had an engine fire during landing,” added the statement.
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“Eighty nine passengers and six crew members on board were safely evacuated at 9:43 pm (1843 GMT) and there were no injuries.”
All further scheduled landings at the airport would be cancelled until 3:00 am, it added, saying other planes waiting to depart would use the airport’s military runway for takeoff.
An airport official told Anadolou state news agency that the fire had affected its left engine but had been quickly extinguished.
