Terrified, Judy Favish hid beneath a counter at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport as three suicide bombers killed dozens of people around her with automatic rifles and explosive vests. She escaped the deadly mayhem by minutes. "I was about to get my boarding pass from inside the first security cordon when I heard these massive blasts. Two of them. Bang! Bang!"I dived under a counter. You could hear people screaming. I saw smoke coming from an opening and that's when I really got scared."Favish, director of the University of Cape Town's planning school, was en route to Cape Town from Dublin when the bombers, linked to IS, struck, killing 41 people and injuring nearly 250.The victims included at least 23 Turkish citizens and 13 foreigners, among them Israelis, Iranians and Ukrainians.International Relations and Co-operation Department spokesman Clayson Monyela said there was no information yet indicating that any South African was either killed or wounded in the attack, which happened just inside the airport's entrance near a security checkpoint.Favish, who lands in South Africa today, said: "Nobody knew what was happening. There was no warning. There were gunshots and people screaming. It went on forever and then the blasts.''Nearby, Paul and Susie Roos were also cowering behind counters.When the gunfire and blasts stopped Favish and several people ran to a nearby door to hide."I saw that door and just ran towards it," she said.From there they were escorted downstairs to a cafeteria. After hiding there for two hours, Favish and others made their way outside. "There was blood everywhere. So much of it. Pools [of blood] and glass and twisted metal. It was total devastation."Roos, 77, said: "We came up the escalator when we heard these shots going off."There was this guy going roaming around. He was dressed in black and he had a handgun. He was just firing at anyone in front of him. I was 50m away from him."Roos said he ducked behind a counter, "but I stood up and watched him"."He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator.We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion and then it was over."- Additional reporting by TMG Digital, Reuters..