A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people aboard slammed into a field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport Wednesday, killing nine people and injuring more than 50, the area's acting mayor said. The aircraft fractured into three pieces on impact. The fuselage split in two, close to the cockpit, and the tail broke off. One engine was visible lying almost intact near the wreck in the muddy field and the other was some 200 yards (200 meters) from the plane and heavily damaged, an Associated Press photographer at the scene said. Gideon Evers, spokesman of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations, said the cause of the accident remained unclear. The captain of the aircraft, Hasan Tahsin, is considered very experienced and a former Turkish air force pilot.
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