AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — A common malfunction with Boeing radio altimeters, compounded by several errors by pilots, led to last year’s fatal crash by a Turkish Airlines plane as it dropped short ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A faulty altimeter and pilot error led to the Turkish Airlines crash at Amsterdam last year, Dutch investigators said on Thursday, urging the ...
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