A Boeing 737-800 operated by Turkish crashed shortly before landing at Amsterdam Schipol. The aircraft was broken in three parts but did not catch fire. Many passengers could leave the wreckage on their own, but some others were killed, including the captain and first-officer. Investigators are at work. These are facts – any information about factors or (even worse) causes are speculation. My thoughts and sympathy go to the victims and their relatives. Loosing someone in such brutal and sudden circumstances is always a tragedy.

I don’t have additional information and do not want to speculate about this accident. If you want to read more about it, google, CNN, reuters, the BBC and many other news sites are your friends. Instead of spending my daily blogging time by finding links that will become irrelevant in a couple of days, I decided to further develop the page dedicated to Aviation Accidents.

The Aviation Accidents page went online almost six months ago and was the first of a series of theme-oriented pages which I continue to develop on this website. Check the “Read more about…” section in the navigation column to find more pages. Aviation accidents is the perfect example of topic that’s not time related and thus better addressed via a page than specific posts. This page naturally contains links to other posts about aviation accidents but also tips to get a better understanding of accidents, investigation and media reaction.

The list of links to accident reports that was published in the first version of this page is still present and will continue to evolve over time. It’s always fascinating to see how different the final report is from the initial media report and the first speculations.

So if you’re interested in this topic, click here to visit my Aviation Accidents page, and if you like it don’t forget to link to it or send a link to your friends.