9 reported dead in Turkish Airlines crash

Airline crashes seem to happen in bunches. In the last two months, the world has had four crashes that have received substantial news coverage, and others that were less widely reported, at least in this country. The most recent was today: A Turkish Airlines 737 went down short of Amsterdam's Schipol Airport, killing nine and injuring about 50, many of them seriously. The cause is a mystery. The mishap comes on top of the remarkable crashes of Continental and US Airways jets in which there were no fatalities, and the tragic one near Buffalo of a Colgan Air-Continental Connection flight 12 days ago that killed 50. Another article, about a lawsuit against the FAA for alleged misdeeds related to safety, can be found here.