Friday, February 27, 2009

Engines stalled before Turkish Boeing plunged into Schiphol field - Times Online

"Engines stalled before Turkish Boeing plunged into Schiphol field

Stalled engines were identified yesterday as the likely cause of the crash that killed nine people when a Turkish Airlines flight plummeted into a field on its approach to Schiphol airport.

The chief investigator, Pieter van Vollenhoven, said that the Boeing 737-800 had fallen suddenly from the sky, suggesting that both engines had stalled as the aircraft slowed on its descent to the runway south of Amsterdam. "

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