Turkish airlines 737 crashes at Amsterdam

[Dave Noble]

The plane, with 135 passengers on board, crashed near the A9 motorway and suffered significant damage.

It was Flight 1951 and was a 737-800 aircraft, the airport said.

There were no confirmed reports of casualties. Reuters news agency, quoting Turkish media, said at least 50 people survived unhurt.

from BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey plane crashes in Amsterdam

photo at http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Tu..._Trying_To_Land_At_Amsterdams_Schipol_Airport

 

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AMS Airport Closed

Skoogle just called
The airport is closed (AMS) ; he's unable to checkin.
Apparently a plane broke up into parts on the runway ?

More news to follow..........

I can hear all the cancellations being announced over the phone !

Update: TK plane
The plane, with 135 passengers on board, crashed near the A9 motorway and suffered significant damage.

It was Flight 1951 and was a 737-800 aircraft, the airport said.

There were no confirmed reports of casualties. Reuters news agency, quoting Turkish media, said at least 50 people survived unhurt.

Schiphol is the fifth-largest passenger airport in Europe

 

[Nigelinoz]

Re: AMS Airport Closed

PPRUNE has this:
Turkish airliner crashes at Schiphol - PPRuNe Forums

and a picture here:
http://www.nos.nl/nosjournaal/images/schiphol_4_tcm44-483592.jpg

PPRuNe also says airport has reopened.but long delays expected.

 

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Should be interesting for Skoogle who was about to board a simple AMS-LHR-DUB.... I somehow think he won't be making the original connection

 

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Courtesy of Dave Noble, an article with updated photos:
Turkish Airlines Plane Has Crashed While Trying To Land At Amsterdam's Schipol Airport | Home | Sky News

 

[AlphaVictor]

Glad it wasn't major. My heart skipped a beat when I saw "Turkish Airline crash" as my parents were flying at the exact same time from Istanbul to Sarajevo on TK.

 

[NM]

Turkish airliner crashes in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport

Some local media coverage from news.com.au:

MORE than 80 people were injured and nine killed when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed last night while trying to land at an Amsterdam airport, a Dutch official said.

 

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And a link from that page, to an interesting related article: Seats near the wing key to surviving a plane crash | The Australian

THE crash in Amsterdam appears to support the theory that the safest place to sit in a modern aircraft is in, or close to, the emergency exit rows over the wings.

The fuselage of the Boeing 737, the world's most popular short-haul aircraft, ruptured in two places but the breaks were well away from the wings in the Schiphol crash last night.

 

[NM]

And a link from that page, to an interesting related article: Seats near the wing key to surviving a plane crash | The Australian

That would appear to support the theory for accidents where there is no fire. However, the wings also hold fuel tanks so if there is a fire the over-wing exits may not be such a good place to be seated. Thankfully there was no fire in this accident.