A Turkish Airlines jet carrying more than 130 people crashes
A Turkish Airlines passenger plane with 135 people (1 baby and 7 crew included) aboard crashed on landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday. The plane broke up into three pieces when it hit the ground.
Airport officers said the crashed plane was a Boeing 737-800, flight TK 1951 from Istanbul.
The Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said, "Nobody was killed in the accident."
However, latest news reporting 9 feared dead and 50 injured.
The plane crashed near the furthest airstrip from the terminals at
Schiphol, which is 12 miles far from the Amsterdam's center.
Schiphol airport has six landing airstrips and one major passenger terminal. Schiphol is the fifth-largest passenger airport in Europe.
Survivor Huseyin Sumer told CNN Turk by telephone: "The plane split into three parts. We are calling people to say the situation is not very serious but there might be casualties on the front side of the pane."
Another survivor Mustafa Bahcecioglu told Turkish broadcaster Channel 24: "We are in the middle of a field now, approximately 5-6 km from the airport.
The majorit
y of the passengers are injured but there are people who are not injured. Around 30 ambulances have come here," he said.
Candan Karlitekin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Airlines, told the reporters, "We have not heard any casualty for now and there are around 20 injured people who had seats on the back side of the plane."
Courtesy: JTW and CNN
Airport officers said the crashed plane was a Boeing 737-800, flight TK 1951 from Istanbul.
The Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said, "Nobody was killed in the accident."
However, latest news reporting 9 feared dead and 50 injured.
The plane crashed near the furthest airstrip from the terminals at
Schiphol, which is 12 miles far from the Amsterdam's center.Schiphol airport has six landing airstrips and one major passenger terminal. Schiphol is the fifth-largest passenger airport in Europe.
Survivor Huseyin Sumer told CNN Turk by telephone: "The plane split into three parts. We are calling people to say the situation is not very serious but there might be casualties on the front side of the pane."
Another survivor Mustafa Bahcecioglu told Turkish broadcaster Channel 24: "We are in the middle of a field now, approximately 5-6 km from the airport.
The majorit
y of the passengers are injured but there are people who are not injured. Around 30 ambulances have come here," he said.Candan Karlitekin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Airlines, told the reporters, "We have not heard any casualty for now and there are around 20 injured people who had seats on the back side of the plane."
Courtesy: JTW and CNN
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