At least 139 people are injured — and no deaths are reported — after a plane crashed at an Istanbul, Turkey airport on Wednesday, Turkish officials said.

Turkish media footage showed the Pegasus Airlines plane’s broken fuselage as some passengers were being evacuated at the Sabiha Gokcen airport. The plane skidded off the runway and then crashed into an embankment while it was landing.

“According to the information we have, there was a rough landing. The accident occurred after (the plane) could not decelerate and rammed into a field from the end of the runway,” state-run Anadolu Agency quoted Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mehmet Cahit Turan as saying.

Previous footage also showed part of the exterior of the plane had caught on fire. Several emergency workers were at the scene.

Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya said the plane, a Boeing 737-86J, was carrying 171 passengers and six crew members from Turkey’s western province of Izmir. Global Affairs Canada told Global News in an email statement that there are no reports of Canadians citizens being involved in the crash.

Flight Safety Foundation reported that the plane crash occurred amid rainy and windy weather, and the incident left the plane visibly broken.

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