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Amsterdam disaster maybe caused by altimeter damage

Amsterdam, Netherlands - This the conclusion by Dutch Security Board's inquiry

The theory of a wind-shear being the cause of last week's air crash of a Turkish Airlines 737-8F2 airplane near Amsterdam, will be temporarily put aside. Today press sources are spreading the news - apparently issued by the Dutch Security Board - that it should be a damaged altimeter (the device indicating the plane's altitude to the pilots) the cause of the tragedy that cost life to nine people. Among...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1100652
Rome, Italy, 03/04/2009 18:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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