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Pilot error contributed to a Turkish Airlines plane crashing at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport last year, killing nine people, Dutch investigators said.The Dutch Safety Board said the pilots should have aborted the landing, adding that air traffic control failings and a faulty altimeter were also to blame.
Nine people died last February when the Boeing 737-800, en route from Istanbul, crashed short of the runway.
Three of those killed were members of the crew.
The Dutch Safety Board said in its final report that the plane's altimeter failed, which meant the aircraft's speed fell below the minimum needed to stop the engines stalling.
"This resulted in a situation in which the wings could not provide enough lift and the plane crashed," the report said.
"It had been announced that the plane had passed 500ft (150m), the altitude at which the landing is aborted if the plane is not stable," it said. "But it did not result in the landing being aborted."
At a news conference, the safety board's chief, Pieter van Vollenhoven, said that in "an exceptionally unfortunate combination of circumstances" the crew were directed by air traffic control to approach the runway in the usual manner.
The report also said the faulty altimeter had sent the wrong data to the plane's automatic pilot, causing it to throttle back the engines too early.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.