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23 December 2015 - 06:43 AMT

At least one dead, two injured in Istanbul airport explosion (Updated)

An explosion occurred in an area of Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport where airplanes were parked, wounding two cleaning staff on a nearby plane, but the cause of the blast was not clear, Pegasus airline said on Wednesday, December 23, Reuters reports.

It said the blast occurred at 2:05 am (7.05 p.m. ET) when no passengers were in the area and that operations were continuing normally at the airport, on the Asia side of the city.