Today some news on the Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 crash on short final at Schiphol airport in 2009
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Article - Luchtvaartnieuws
THE HAGUE - The altimeter of the Boeing 737-800 Turkish Airlines on February 25, 2009 crash at Schiphol was in the period from January 2008 to February 2009, 16 malfunctioned. That said Wilma Mansveld Secretary for Infrastructure Monday to questions from Labour MP Attje Kuiken.
It is not true, writes the Secretary, that the defects are not repaired. "In all cases, action such as restarting the system and replacing the antenna,'' she wrote to the House.
The Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 had 135 people aboard. The plane crashed 25 February 2009 during the landing down to a field near Schiphol. Nine people were killed and 120 others were injured.
The Public Prosecutor (OM) decided in April last year, no criminal prosecution because of the accident. The prosecution examined whether someone had done something criminal perch in the crash. This was the case for the pilots, Boeing and the air traffic control.
On the role of the pilots important information is missing in the study because they are deceased and therefore could no longer be heard, said the OM then. The technical problem with the altimeter of the Boeing was known to the pilots, who had to solve. It was not a safety problem.