In the days before the accident in Amsterdam, Turkish pilots did not make a note in the tech log about the faulty altimeter on the Boeing aircraft that crashed in a field outside Amsterdam's airport. Thus the pilots failure to follow procedure has contributed to the accident which killed 9 people.
Says Fred Bruggeman, secretary general for the AEI, the European organisation of aircraft engineers, Aircraft Engineers International.
"The Safety Board has spoken with several Turkish pilots who flew the aircraft in the days before the accident. They admit not reporting the faulty altimeter the way they should have."
He adds that the AEI has been in contact with aircraft engineers in Turkey, who have confirmed that the aircraft's tech log shows nothing about a faulty altimeter.