EUR: 9 dead 50 hurt as Turkish plane crashes in Amsterdam
26 Feb 2009 12:16 AM
Nine people are dead and more than 50 injured .. after a Turkish Airlines plane slammed into a field on Wednesday while attempting to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
Reports put the number aboard between 135 and 143.
The area's acting mayor says 25 of the injured are in a serious condition .. and there's no immediate word on the cause of the crash.
No information's been released about the nationalities of the victims.
