At least nine people were killed and 50 injured when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed on landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol international airport (Schiphol is Europe's fifth largest airport by passenger numbers).
The plane, with 135 people on board, crashed in a field near a motorway and broke into three pieces.
Flight TK1951 left Istanbul's Ataturk Airport at 8:22 a.m. (0622 GMT) bound for Amsterdam, then crashed next to a runway at Schiphol Airport.
The plane, with 135 people on board, crashed in a field near a motorway and broke into three pieces.
Flight TK1951 left Istanbul's Ataturk Airport at 8:22 a.m. (0622 GMT) bound for Amsterdam, then crashed next to a runway at Schiphol Airport.
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The fuselage split in two, close to the cockpit, and the tail broke off
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One engine lay almost intact near the wreck in the muddy field...
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...and the other was some 200 yards from the plane and heavily damaged
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The fact that the plane crash landed in a muddy, plowed field may have contributed to making the accident less deadly by absorbing much of the force of the hard impact
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It may also have helped avert a fire resulting from ruptured fuel tanks and lines on the underside of the fuselage, which appeared to have suffered very heavy impact damage![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxSC-CRk6RaibmZCIHaxGGQC0Qfx56st2bMjS4HX02iwf8IKPbXpEshEDURz90ND2OPaEGF9YuyBpewJu5ufw85iDNDMJGHQ1lMSAWrrTaReV5TjZStRISsbhjArsNCrQlUT1SaPGmQzL/s400/8.jpg)
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Hours after the crash, emergency crews still swarmed around the plane's cockpit
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2 comments
It's sad when an accident like this happens.
thank u my friend.
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