Boeing 737-800 crash, Feb 25, 2009 (9 killed), Amsterdam-...
Boeing 737-800 accident on February 25, 2009 near Amsterdam-Schiphol, North Holland, Netherlands with 9 fatalities. Cause: A false low radio altimeter...
- Date: February 25, 2009
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Amsterdam-Schiphol, North Holland, Netherlands
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A false low radio altimeter reading activated the autothrottle retard mode. The crew did not recognise the slow airspeed and high pitch attitude in time, and the stall recovery was not carried out correctly.
Turkish Airlines flight TK1951 from Istanbul was on approach to Amsterdam Schiphol when its left radio altimeter gave a false reading. This triggered the autothrottle retard mode and the thrust was cut. The crew did not recognise the falling airspeed and rising pitch until the stall warning, and the aircraft stalled and crashed on farmland short of the runway. Nine people died and the other occupants survived.