One dies in Turkish airport blast By Editor

AN explosion on the tarmac at Sabiha Gokcen
Airport in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed a
female cleaner.
The woman who died was working on a Pegasus
airlines plane overnight when the blast took
place. A colleague who was with her was
wounded.
BBC reported that the cause of the explosion was
being investigated.
Armed police had imposed tight security at the
airport’s entrance, but flights appeared not to
have been disrupted.
The woman killed, 30-year-old Zeyhra Yamac,
died of head injuries.
No passengers were on the plane or nearby at the
time,
Although the cause of the blast was unknown,
police were investigating whether it was a bomb.
Fragments from the blast damaged five other
planes, according to the Turkish Transport
Minister, Binali Yildirim said.
“[A] weakness in the airport’s security is out of
the question,” he added.
Some witnesses claimed to have heard three
consecutive explosions.
Located on the Asian facing side of Istanbul,
Sabiha Gokcen is the city’s second-largest airport
after Ataturk airport on the European side of the
city.