Plane Crash Recreated

National Geographic Channel +1

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Monday 6 January

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The events of Febtuary 25, 2009, when Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 went down less than a mile from the runway at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, breaking into three pieces on impact and killing nine passengers and crew and all three pilots. A faulty radio altimeter was the initial catalyst in a chain of errors that led to the horrific crash. Here, survivors tell their story of escaping from the wreckage of what should have been a normal commute home to Amsterdam