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[hapagfly]

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Turkish airliner carrying 135 passengers crashes and breaks into three pieces at Amsterdam airport

A Turkish airliner with 135 people crashed while attempting to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport today.
The Turkish Airlines plane broke into three parts when it hit the ground next to the runway.

As many as 50 people miraculously escaped the crash, CNBC Turkey reported. It is not yet known if there are any fatalities.
Officials at Istanbul's Ataturk airport said the plane had departed earlier from Istanbul.
Turkish Airlines was not immediately available for comment.

The plane was said to be a Boeing 737 jet.

hope there won't be any fatalities!

http://www.dailymail...am-airport.html

Edited by hapagfly, 25 February 2009 - 05:25 AM.

[Nick.]

Wow, must have been a really really really hard landing.  

[hapagfly]

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'Some passengers are dead, some are injured and some are alive,' a spokesman from Schiphol airport's press office said.

RIP

look at the the link for some pics of the crash

here again
http://www.dailymail...am-airport.html

Edited by hapagfly, 25 February 2009 - 05:48 AM.

[Rambie2006]

It's on the news over here,there are bodies reported with bodypacks, there were 5 spotted....

RIP for those people

[hapagfly]

newspaper reporting all passengers alive! good news......

Edited by hapagfly, 25 February 2009 - 06:19 AM.

[Independence76]

What happened?

It crashed about 30 seconds from departure?

[Chief_Bean]

What are the bets on someone coming in and going "Ooooh, it's a bad year for aviation"?

Independence76, on Feb 25 2009, 11:20 AM, said:

What happened?

It crashed about 30 seconds from departure?

Read the first line of the article posted...

[Independence76]

Chief_Bean, on Feb 25 2009, 05:23 AM, said:

Read the first line of the article posted...

Wait, I misread something in the article.

What were the conditions as of ice/temperature at the airport?

[Chief_Bean]

Independence76, on Feb 25 2009, 11:30 AM, said:

Chief_Bean, on Feb 25 2009, 05:23 AM, said:

Read the first line of the article posted...

Wait, I misread something in the article.

What were the conditions as of ice/temperature at the airport?

Hold on a second whilst I consult my crystal ball

[Flying_Scotsman]

Weather was fair, a bit misty as it often is at Schipol.

5 confirmed dead.

Time will tell what happened.

[Mul.]

Very bad news. I believe this is the fourth 737NG hull loss? RIP to all that weren't fortunate enough to have made it out of the aircraft alive.

Edited by Mul., 25 February 2009 - 07:14 AM.

[Liam.]

So these things happen in 3s do they

How many crashes is this recently?

[[V1]-[VR]-[V2]]

It crashed moments before landing. Whitnesses report a tail down position and nearly vertical impact on the ground. Seems like a stall or something, also no fire. Reported are about 5 deaths and 20 injured of 134 crew and passengers on board. Both pilots did not survive.

http://www.nos.nl/journaal24/
dutch news

[andrew_c]

Now confirmed 9 dead, 50 injured.  Part of the wing/engine detached before impact.

[Rambie2006]

The primeminister of turkey gives free what happened to the plane.
He says that the airplane was build in 2002,and from that it was in top condition and in december was the last check and there wasn't anything missing...

[Chief_Bean]

Mul., on Feb 25 2009, 12:13 PM, said:

Very bad news. I believe this is the fourth 737NG hull loss? RIP to all that weren't fortunate enough to have made it out of the aircraft alive.

Fifth I think Mul.

There was the China Airlines plane that caught fire, Kenya Airways that crashed, the GOL flight, Ryanair (I think?) and now this.

But I'm not entirely sure...

[jetblast787]

Rambie2006, on Feb 25 2009, 01:09 PM, said:

The primeminister of turkey gives free what happened to the plane.

elaborate please  

Chief_Bean, on Feb 25 2009, 01:18 PM, said:

Mul., on Feb 25 2009, 12:13 PM, said:

Very bad news. I believe this is the fourth 737NG hull loss? RIP to all that weren't fortunate enough to have made it out of the aircraft alive.

Fifth I think Mul.

There was the China Airlines plane that caught fire, Kenya Airways that crashed, the GOL flight, Ryanair (I think?) and now this.

But I'm not entirely sure...

ryanair hasnt had a hull loss with a 737NG

[89-LX]

Ooooh, it's a bad year for aviation.

[Mr. Kz]

Dutch Officials have now confirmed that 9 passengers have tragically lost their lives, although it's unconfirmed they believe the aircraft had insufficient power and stalled 500 yards from runway 18L (5th runway, or Polderbaan) Officials are still unsure if it was a pilot error or a mechanical error on the autothrottle. This incident is quite similar to the British Airways 777-200 that crash-landed short of Runway 27L at Heathrow Airport.

May the victims of this flight Rest In Peace, and strength to their relatives.

[jetblast787]

Mr. Kz, on Feb 25 2009, 02:13 PM, said:

This incident is quite similar to the British Airways 777-200 that crash-landed short of Runway 27L at Heathrow Airport.

I wouldnt say that as the plane didn't go over a cold area of earth as the BA 777 went over siberia

I would bet it was because of a birdstike; passengers felt vibrations before the crash