Owner of Turkey's low-cost Pegasus Airlines, wife, seriously hurt in boat crash off Greek island

The chairman of the company that owns Turkey’s low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines has been injured in a boat accident while vacationing in Greece. Turkish media reports said an inflatable speedboat carrying Ali Sabanci and his wife, businesswoman Vuslat Dogan Sabanci, crashed into rocks off the Greek Aegean island of Leros late on Thursday. His company, Esas Holding, confirmed the accident. The two were evacuated to the nearby Turkish resort of Bodrum for treatment, from where Ali Sabanci, 54, was later airlifted to a hospital in Istanbul, the DHA news agency reported. Esas Holding acquired Pegasus Airlines in 2005, building it into Turkey’s second largest airline.