AMSTERDAM – International media are reporting that the Turkish Airlines jet which crashed near Schiphol Airport this week had been grounded for repairs on Feb 23 after the crew detected a problem with the “Master Caution Light” just before take off.
The Istanbul-based air carrier said the fault was corrected and the plane had subsequently made eight flights without any problems.
Captain Hasan Tahsin Arisan died at the controls of his Boeing jet in the crash which killed eight other people.
Four other Turkish Airlines crew are said to have died in the crash as well as the four passengers, all believed to be Americans.
Crash investigators are seeking explanation for why Captain Tahsin’s aircraft suddenly lost speed and came down tail-first into a ploughed field.
