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Old February 26th, 2009, 09:14 PM posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Artoi
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Default One dead as plane carrying 135 passengers crashes and breaks into three pieces at Amsterdam airport

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Xposting wrote:

On Feb 25, 11:48*am, Xposting wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...22/One-dead-pl...

A passenger jet carrying 135 people crashed as it attempted to land
at *Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport this morning.

The Turkish Airlines Flight 737 broke into three pieces as it hit the
ground next to the runway, narrowly missing a main road and some
houses.


seems it ran out of fuel......d'oh


Here's an excerpt in today's newspaper.

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The Boeing 737-800 jet was hauled in for repairs after a flight on
February 18 when pilots reported a malfunction in the wing flaps, which
increase lift on take-off and create drag on landing, the channel said
on its web site.
/quote

Don't you just hate the media sensationalizing the issue? As if flaps
don't create drag on take-offs and increase lift on landing.
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