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How can a modern passenger aircraft like the Boeing 737-800 fall to the ground almost vertically, like a dead bird? Aviation experts are being cautious with their theories of how and why the Turkish Airlines plane crashed at Schiphol on Wednesday.
Investigations into the cause of air disasters can take months, sometimes even years. We might have answers sooner this time, however, since the conditions for the technical investigation are practically ideal. The aircraft was not destroyed by fire and all the debris is within a small radius of the crash site. The physical components on which the investigators will concentrate, the engines and wings, for instance, remained in good condition.
