Distressing footage has emerged of bloodied and battered passengers, crying and in shock after a Boeing plane split into three and burst into flames when it overshot a runway.

The clip appears to show injured and shocked passengers on a shuttle bus being evacuated from the scene where moments before the Boeing 737-800 skidded off a runway.

In the clip, a man walks in front of the camera holding a bloodied clot to his face as blood pours from his mouth, while a woman's piercing cries can be heard.

All around people sit and stand in shock, covered in blood after the horror at Istanbul's airport in Turkey.

Several of them would have had to escape the mangled wreckage of the jet after the terrifying experience and will be awaiting news of the several victims still being removed from the plane by emergency services.

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The internal flight from Izmir appears to have skidded in wet weather and Turkish officials say 21 people were injured but there are no reports of any deaths at this early stage.

The plane has been split in three and passengers were evacuated through the cracks caused by the impact.

It is thought the aircraft, carrying 171 passengers and six crew members according to Turkish media, was coming in to land at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport.

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Turkey's transport minister Cahit Turhan said there were 175 adults, two children and six crew on the flight and most passengers had managed to leave the plane themselves while the rest still aboard were being helped by emergency crews.

Victims are still being evacuated off the runway and into hospitals.

All flights to Sabiha Gökçen have been directed to Istanbul Atatürk Airport.

Turkey's Pilots Association President, Necmi Ekici, said the crash may have happened because there was no time to clear the water accumulated on the runway, according to Turkish media.

It is reportedly the second time in a month that a passenger plane of the same company has skidded off the runway at Sabiha Gokcen Airport.

The airport has been closed and an investigation launched.

The news comes just hours after 21 people died in an avalanche tragedy in the country.

Rescuers were called out initially after two people and a minibus were buried under the snow in Bahcesaray, eastern Turkey.

During the rescue attempt a second avalanche buried more than 50 members of the search and rescue team.

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