Turkish airliner crashes in Amsterdam
woensdag, februari 25th, 2009(CNN) — A Turkish airliner crashed at Amsterdam’s main airport about 10:40 a.m. Wednesday local time, Dutch airport officials said.
Images from the scene of the Amsterdam crash show the plane broken into three pieces.
Turkish media said the plane was carrying about 135 people.
The Boeing 737-800, which originated from Istanbul, Turkey, was trying to land at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol when it went down.
Airport officials had originally said that the plane was an Airbus 380.
Pictures from the crash site showed the plane split in three parts.
Kieran Daly, of Air Transport Intelligence, said the pictures indicated there had not been a widespread fire.
He said the impact had been severe but it could have been survivable because of the lack of fire.
Daly said their had been vast improvements in the materials used to build airplanes, meaning they did not burn as easily.
