[Harvey Specter]

AMSTERDAM – A Turkish Airlines plane with 134 people aboard slammed into a field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport on Wednesday and broke into three pieces. The airline said everyone on board survived.

Police spokesman Jaap Hage told The Associated Press the 737-800 had crashed in a field next to a runway at Schiphol Airport.

The plane, Flight TK1951, left Istanbul's Ataturk Airport at 8:22 a.m. (0622 GMT) bound for Amsterdam.

In Turkey, Candan Karlitekin, head of the airlines board, all 127 passengers and seven crew members survived the crash. Turkey's Transport Minister Binali Yildirim earlier said there were 135 passengers and eight crew.

Dutch television images showed police and rescue workers swarming around the wreckage and ambulances rushing to and from the scene. Both of the plane's engines were torn off and lay around 100 yards (100 meters) from the remains of the fuselage.

There was no immediate word on what caused the crash, which happened in slightly misty weather with little wind. A reporter for Dutch NOS news said the plane appeared to have hit the field some two miles (three kilometers) short of the runway.

A photo shown by the NOS showed the plane lying in three pieces in the muddy field. It did not appear the plane had caught fire after the crash.

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[AVS_Racing]

wow good thing no ones hurt. whats with all the plane crashes recently

[Harvey Specter]

Plane crashes usually happen in clusters for some freaky reason.

[thumper]

there are 2 exit doors side by side on this plane... i've never noticed that before :o

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

wow scary

[flameboy54]

Plane crashes usually happen in clusters for some freaky reason.

Ya....not good considering I'm flying out in 2 weeks! :eek:

[avinayyar]

wow good thing no ones hurt. whats with all the plane crashes recently

UPDATE: 9 People dead.

[Culture_Vulture]

wow good thing no ones hurt. whats with all the plane crashes recently
the entire world is going down the shit hole, not just the economy!

[smoothie.]

pilot got excited for weed?

[hotjoint]

shit 9 people dead?

[Gumby]

there are 2 exit doors side by side on this plane... i've never noticed that before :o
Judging by the size of those exits, plus the fact that they're above the wing, I think they're emergency exits.

[411ken]

pilot got excited for weed?

I don't think now is the time to be making jokes..but ya.. RIP to the victims.

[Raid3n]

no fire + falling short of the runway

makes me think they weren't given enough fuel when they left Istanbul.

[orange7]

is there still any food in the plane?

[Not really racist!]

that looks pretty brutal considering it split into 3 pieces

[KingDeeCee]

Wow, was that a survivor wearing the blue? If so, lol @ cellphone.

[RacePace]

Wow, was that a survivor wearing the blue? If so, lol @ cellphone.

think he's a rescue personnel of some sort, notice the other person wearing the same jacket

[Vansterdam]

rip to the 9 people :(

[hal0g0dv2]

w0w scary shit

[_Hotsauce_]

Woo, I'm flying to Europe soon, this makes me happy :(

[aNGAIhilate]

RIP to victims

[hamhead]

all these crashes.. are they all 737s???

[no_mercy]

reports from witness say there was a pitch up in attitude so if there was a fuel starvation, in no pilot's mind would anyone pitch up

and fuel vapour is much more explosive than liquid fuel so it should've exploded on impact if that was the case.

the flaps were at 40 degrees meaning there wasn't any engine failure before hand or else it would've been at flaps 15 degrees

and no, not all crashes are 737

[Harvey Specter]

2 of the died were Boeing employees and it looks like engine failure.

[no_mercy]

2 of the died were Boeing employees and it looks like engine failure.

flaps were at 40 when the aircraft crashed. if there had been engine failure, the procedure would be to have flaps at 15 degrees.

and notice how the engine is thrown in front of the cockpit? it might be an indication that take off go around thrust (TOGA) was applied for a go around

[unit]

holy shit, when i read that all survived i was like wth? looks impossible based on how the plane split for all passengers to survive. rip to the 9, that must have been terrifying

[Harvey Specter]

flaps were at 40 when the aircraft crashed. if there had been engine failure, the procedure would be to have flaps at 15 degrees.

and notice how the engine is thrown in front of the cockpit? it might be an indication that take off go around thrust (TOGA) was applied for a go around


The engines failed at around 300 ft and the plane fell right from the sky so the flaps settings are irreverent because the pilots didn't have an enough time to go through emergency procedures.

[no_mercy]

i'm curious to where you got the information that a dual engine failure has occurred because it is highly unlikely that it two engines would fail.

many witnesses reported a pitch up attitude and given by the impact, the aircraft was going slow which might suggest some kind of stall.

engine failure at 300feet would certainly have given enough lift to glide to the airport. remember usually pilots cut off at 100ft and let it sink into the ground effect.