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Here is the link for the preliminary report on the Turkish Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 crash at Amsterdam:
http://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/docs/rapporten/Prelimenary_EN.pdf
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Turkish Airlines (Istanbul) Boeing 737-800 crash at Amsterdam on February 25, 2009 has already been blamed on a faulty altimeter. The Dutch authorities investigating the accident have issued the quick preliminary report in order to alert other Boeing 737 operators. Boeing has also advised 737 operators of the potential danger. At 1,950 feet (594 meters) the auto pilot, with the incorrect data coming from the faulty altimeter (it was showing an altitude of -8 feet), shut down the engines. The crew attempted to restart the engines but they were already too low to recover. Nine people died in the crash.
TC-JGE prepares for takeoff at Lisbon prior to today’s accident. Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth.
Turkish Airlines’ (Istanbul) flight TK 1951 from Istanbul to Amsterdam crashed today in light fog short of runway 18R in an open field several hundred meters north of the security fence at AMS near the A9 Motorway. Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JGE (msn 29789) split up into three pieces but there was no fire. 127 passengers (including a baby) and seven crew were on board. There are now nine reported deaths (mainly in the rear section) and at least 20 injured passengers and crew.
