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Old 25th Feb 2009, 11:29
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Dutch TV just did a phone interview with one of the passengers.

Normal flight up to final approach, reports of turbulence/instability after which the plane sort of fell out of the sky into the field.

Some 15 pax were able to evacuate the aircraft straight away and helped other passengers out of the plane. But they did not have the tools to help passengers stuck in the aft end of the plane.

He commented that the emergency services were quickly on the scene and took over rescue efforts.

Passenger was unhurt by the way and sounded very composed. Wants to go home but is being held in a farmers hangar close to the scene because they want to perform medical checks on anybody who was on board, but obviously the wounded go first.

Dutch TV also reports that they were relatively lucky. A mile earlier and they would have ditched in the "ringvaart", a 20-25 meter wide canal, and a mile further ahead they would have crashed on the highway.

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