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| An explosion at Istanbul’s second largest airport has killed a cleaner on a plane and injured another, the Dogan news agency reported. Officials are investigating whether the blast was caused by a bomb. | |
| The budget carrier Pegasus said the explosion at Sabiha Gökçen airport on the Asian side of the city occurred at 2.05am, when no passengers were in the area. It said its operations at the airport were continuing normally. | The budget carrier Pegasus said the explosion at Sabiha Gökçen airport on the Asian side of the city occurred at 2.05am, when no passengers were in the area. It said its operations at the airport were continuing normally. |
| Police armed with rifles and protective vests imposed tight security at entrances to the airport after the blast, searching vehicles while a police helicopter circled overhead, the state-run Anadolu agency said. | Police armed with rifles and protective vests imposed tight security at entrances to the airport after the blast, searching vehicles while a police helicopter circled overhead, the state-run Anadolu agency said. |
| Anadolu earlier reported that one of the cleaners suffered a head wound and the other a hand injury. Both were female. | Anadolu earlier reported that one of the cleaners suffered a head wound and the other a hand injury. Both were female. |
| The airport said investigations into the cause of the blast were ongoing, and air traffic was operating normally. | The airport said investigations into the cause of the blast were ongoing, and air traffic was operating normally. |
| Bomb attacks by Kurdish, leftist and Islamist militants are common in Turkey. A three-decades-old conflict between the state and the militant Kurdistan Workers’ party has flared up in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish south-east since the collapse of a ceasefire in July. | Bomb attacks by Kurdish, leftist and Islamist militants are common in Turkey. A three-decades-old conflict between the state and the militant Kurdistan Workers’ party has flared up in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish south-east since the collapse of a ceasefire in July. |
| The airport served around 26 million passengers in the first 11 months of the year, according to its website, less than half the number at the main Ataturk airport on the European side of the city. | The airport served around 26 million passengers in the first 11 months of the year, according to its website, less than half the number at the main Ataturk airport on the European side of the city. |