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Engine failure may have caused crash

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Source: CCTV.com | 02-28-2009 08:50

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Dutch media suggest engine problems likely caused Turkish Flight TK-1951 to crash Monday at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. Nine people died when the plane plunged short of the main runway. Meanwhile, a Turkish Pilots' Association blames turbulence from a large aircraft coming into land right before the doomed passenger jet.

Rescue workers help passengers after a Turkish Airlines passenger plane crashed while attempting to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Feb. 25, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Rescue workers help passengers after a Turkish Airlines 
passenger plane crashed while attempting to land at 
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Feb. 25, 2009. 
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The report says it seems certain that as the plane approached the runway its engines were no longer working.