NTSB -- NTSB SENDS TEAM TO AMSTERDAM TO ASSIST WITH 737 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

February 25, 2009

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NTSB SENDS TEAM TO AMSTERDAM TO ASSIST WITH 737 AIRCRAFT

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

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The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team

of investigators to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to assist in

the investigation of a B-737-800 (T-CJGE) Turkish Airlines

flight 1951 that crashed short of the runway on approach.

Multiple fatalities and injuries have been reported.

NTSB Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has designated senior

air safety investigator Joe Sedor as the U.S. Accredited

Representative. He will be joined by three other NTSB

investigators. The U.S. team will also include technical

advisors from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),

Boeing and General Electric.

Information on the progress of the investigation will be

released by the Dutch Safety Board. The agency's phone

number in the Netherlands is (31)70 333 7000, the agency’s

website is www.safetyboard.nl and the email address is

aviation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Media contact: Keith Holloway 202-314-6100

hollowk@xxxxxxxx

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