Part 96: Netherlands

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This plane crash takes us to the European nation of the Netherlands, which is located next to the following countries: Belgium and Germany.

WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH

Pictured above is the plane after it crashed

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Pictured above is the plane after it crashed.

Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, registered as Tango Charlie- Juliet Golf Echo (TC-JGE), was a passenger flight that crashed during landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM), the Netherlands on the 25th of February 2009, the crash resulted in the deaths of nine passengers and crew, which also included all three pilots, the aircraft was a Boeing 7373-800, that crashed into a field about 1.5 kilometres north of Runway 18R, prior to crossing the A9 Motorway inbound to Amsterdam, at 09:26am UTC (10:26am Central European Time, CET), the plane had flown in from Atatürk Airport (IATA: ISL, ICAO: LTBA), Istanbul, Turkey, the plane broke into three pieces on impact, the wreckage didn't catch fire.

The flight was cleared for an approach for Runway 18R (also known as the Polderbaan Runway), but the plane came down short of the runway threshold, sliding through the wet clay of a lower field, the fuselage broke into three pieces, the wreckage didn't catch fire, both engines separated and came to a rest 100 meters (330 feet) from the fuselage, while several people stated it took rescuers 20 to 30 minutes to arrive at the crash site, others stated that rescuers arrived quickly, 60 ambulances arrived along with three air ambulances (Helicopters) and a fleet of fire engines, an unconfirmed report stated that the firefighters were given the wrong location for the crash site, delaying their arrival, lanes of the A4 and A9 Motorways were closed to all traffic to allow emergency services to reach the crash site quickly.

The summary of the crash was Stalled while lading at 400 feet due to faulty radio altimeter and pilot error.

Below is a video of the crash animation, video credit goes to Plane'n Boom on Youtube.

  

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