Plane Crash Recreated
TK1951/Schiphol
Season 1 Episode 8 of 10
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
Plane Crash Recreated airs on National Geographic Channel HD at 8:00 PM, Monday 18 November. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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