Plane crashes in Amsterdam

MORE than 100 passengers on board a Turkish Airlines plane survived a horror crash in Amsterdam today when the carrier slammed into a field.

Reports suggest five of the 127 passengers died, but the airline claims there were no fatalities.

The Turkish Airlines 737-800 was not on fire, but "definitely sliced in half" a spokesman said.

Eyewitnesses said the Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 landed at "massive speed" in a field by the A9 motorway.

It missed the runway at Amsterdam's Schipol Airport, one of the busiest in Europe, by more than two miles.

Both of the plane’s engines were torn off and lay around 100 yards from the remains of the fuselage.

The tail of the plane appeared to have broken off, and there were three large cracks in the fuselage.

All flights to and from Schiphol Airport have been suspended.

During its 75 year history, Turkish Airlines has had three major accidents on its international flights, and 18 on domestic flights.

There have also been serious accidents at Schipol in the past two decades.

The most recent was in 1994 when a KLM flight to Cardiff had to return to the airport, and crash landed. Three on board died, including the captain, and nine were injured.

Schipol handles more than 47million passengers a year.

In terms of passenger numbers, Schipol is the fifth largest airport in Europe behind London, Paris, Frankfurt and Madrid.