Trabzon Gov. Yucel Yavuz said Sunday that investigators were trying to determine why the plane had left the runway and that the airport would be closed until 8:00 a.m. (0500 GMT; 12 a.m. EST).
The state-run Anadolu news agency said panic broke out on board as the plane careened out of control, BBC News reported. Photos showed the jet lying nose down just feet from the water’s edge on a muddy slope.
“We tilted to the side. The front was down while the plane’s rear was up. There was panic, people shouting, screaming,” passenger Fatma Gordu was quoted by Anadolu as saying.
The flight originated in the capital, Ankara.
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