Travel Safety Update - Europe.

May 10, 2009

Turkish Airlines, Boeing

EASA has published a safety information bulletin alerting Boeing 737 operators of an "erroneous low range radio altimeter (LRRA) indication" that has been linked to the fatal crash of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Amsterdam Schiphol on 25 February. The accident killed nine of the 134 on board, including three pilots in the cockpit. Central to the investigation is a radio-altimeter fault that caused the aircraft's autothrottle to enter retard mode at too high an altitude, reducing thrust to idle speed before the aircraft was in position for its final flare above the runway. May 4, 2009

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