Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 · Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
On February 25, 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport). 9 people died.
- Date
- February 25, 2009
- Place
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- Operator
- Turkish Airlines
- Killed
- 9
- Position
- 52.377°N, 4.714°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q862548
From Wikipedia
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 (also known as the Poldercrash or the Schiphol Polderbaan incident) was a passenger flight that crashed during landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, the Netherlands, on 25 February 2009, resulting in the deaths of nine passengers and crew, including all three pilots.
The aircraft, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800, crashed into a field about 1.5 km (0.9 mi) north of the Polderbaan runway (18R), prior to crossing the A9 motorway inbound, at 09:26 UTC (10:26 CET), having flown from Istanbul, Turkey. The aircraft broke into three pieces on impact. The wreckage did not catch fire.
The crash was caused primarily by the aircraft's automated reaction, which was triggered by a faulty radio altimeter. This caused the autothrottle to decrease the engine power to idle during approach. The crew noticed this too late to take appropriate action to increase thrust and recover the aircraft before it stalled and crashed.
Text from Wikipedia, “Turkish Airlines Flight 1951”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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