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Courtesy: Dutch Safety Board Turkish Airlines, Crashed during approach, Boeing 737-800, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport [pdf] www.onderzoeksraad.nl A Boeing 737-800 (flight TK1951) operated by Turkish Airlines was flying from Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Turkey to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, on 25 February 2009. As this was a Line Flight Under Supervision, there were three crew members in the cockpit, namely the captain, who was also acting as instructor, the first officer who had to gain experience on the route of the flight and who was accordingly flying under supervision, and a safety pilot who was observing the flight. There were also four cabin crew members and 128 passengers on board. During the approach to runway 18 Right (18R) at Schiphol airport, the aircraft crashed into a field at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the threshold of the runway. This accident cost the lives of four crew members, including the three pilots, and five passengers, with a further three crew members and 117 passen- gers sustaining injuries. Shortly after the accident, the initial investigation results indicated that the left radio altimeter sys- tem had passed on an erroneous altitude reading of -8 feet to the automatic throttle control system (the autothrottle). In response to this, the Board had a warning sent to Boeing on 4 March 2009. This asked for extra attention to be paid to the Dispatch Deviation Guide for the Boeing 737- 800, which is a manual of additional procedures and <b>...</b>