ANKARA: A passenger plane late Saturday skidded off the runway just metresaway from the sea as it landed at an airport in northern Turkey, localmedia images showed.

The Pegasus Airlines flight had taken off smoothly from the capital Ankaraand landed in Trabzon, but skidded off the runway in the northern airport.No one was injured or killed in the landing.

Dramatic images from CNN Turk broadcaster showed the plane dangerouslyhanging off a cliff several metres (feet) from the Black Sea, its wheelsstuck in the mud.

Other images from Dogan news agency showed smoke emanating from the trappedplane.

Pegasus Airlines confirmed in a statement Sunday there were no injuriesamong the 162 passengers onboard as well as two pilots and four cabin crewafter they were evacuated.

The cause of the incident was not known but an investigation is under way,the Trabzon governor’s office said.

One of the passengers, Fatma Gordu, panic erupted onboard during thelanding.

“We tilted to the side, the front was down while the plane´s rear was up.There was panic; people shouting, screaming,” she told state-run newsagency Anadolu.

The airport was temporarily shut before reopening on Sunday morning.