Woops!!

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5846088.ece

A faulty altimeter(which measures altitude above ground level) is the most likely cause of last week's crash at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport of a Turkish Airlines plane which left nine people dead and more than 80 injured. The plane had experienced the same problems with a faulty altimeter twice in its last eight landings . The pilots - both of whom died in the crash - failed to notice the fault until it was too late (due to the foggy conditions.) The instrument panel in front of the pilots would have been displaying their correct altitude, taken from the main altimeters, while the usually more accurate radio altimeter was feeding into the flight system. The description of the fatal final moments of the Turkish airliner contrasts with accounts from Turkey and some passengers of heroic pilots who saved a crippled aircraft from worse damage.





Somehow, I don't think the amounts listed below by Turkish Air(Tuesday) will cover the costs of this(just a guess.)They have another 7-8 hours until it's morning in Turkey. I'm just taking another guess here that they aren't gunna just accept the findings of the Euros. Actually, all they can do is spotlight the attention on the maker of the altimeter(these pilots were former Air Force Pilots in Turkey....OMG!...ALMOST MARTYRS!!)


"We are going to give 50,000 euros (63,170 dollars) to the families of those who died, and between 5,000 to 10,000 euros for those who were injured and 5,000 euros to all the other passengers," airline spokesman Ali Genc told AFP by telephone from Istanbul, where the company is based.

The airline will also reimburse all hospital expenses incurred by those injured in the crash on February 25.

"Even if a passenger did not suffer any physical injuries, he probably has suffered some mental trauma, and we have taken that into account," he said.