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Topic: Plane crash near Amsterdam.

Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 02-25-2009 10:31 AM

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 crashed near Schiphol Amsterdam Airport.
Carrying 135 passengers and crew sadly 9 died and 50 wounded of which 25 seriously.
How this crash could have happened is not know.
The plane crahed on a field near highway A9, not so far from Schiphol. Eye witness told that the pilots did maneuvering to avoid the plane crashing on the very busy highway.

CNN
BBC

Ben.

[ 02-25-2009: Message edited by: Maasdam ]

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 02-25-2009 11:06 AM

The current cycle is now complete. They say crashes of this sort happen in 3's. At least the one in New York had no fatalities.
Frosty 4

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 02-25-2009 11:17 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Frosty 4:
[...]They say crashes of this sort happen in 3's. [...]

'They' must be idiots.

[ 02-25-2009: Message edited by: Ernst ]

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 02-25-2009 01:29 PM

I always thought the cycle of three was for celebrity deaths?

I wonder if this is one was caused by pilot error or mechanical problems. The Buffalo crash appears to be pilot error w/the auto pilot on during decent and the Hudson River ditching a mechanical caused by the bird strike.

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 02-25-2009 02:46 PM

These things come about like Old Wife Tales,just legends or some sort of pattern that seems to follow 3 incidents. Not sure of the origin??
F4

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 02-25-2009 02:50 PM

These things come about like Old Wife Tales,just legends or some sort of pattern that seems to follow 3 incidents. Not sure of the origin??
F4

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greybeard
First Class Passenger
Member # 5284

posted 02-25-2009 04:21 PM

If these things really do come in threes, then Frosty will have to post that message one more time.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 02-25-2009 05:55 PM

In the mean time injuries are up to 83 passengers who where taken to 11 hospitals surrounding Schiphol. Of them 6 are badly injured there is a high possibility they will not survive. The black boxes are found and are investigated. The wreckage will lay in the field till Saturday fore investigation.

Ben.

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