Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam
Emergency services at the scene of the plane crash
A Turkish Airlines plane has crashed on landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol international airport, injuring at least 20 people.
The plane, with 135 passengers on board, crashed short of the runway near the A9 motorway and suffered significant damage.
It was Flight 1951 from Istanbul and was a Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Witnesses have spoken of seeing at least 20 passengers walking from the wreckage, with luggage scattered about.
There were 127 passengers, including a baby, and seven crew on board.
Earlier reports said there was one dead, but Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim later clarified that no-one had died.
Turkish Airlines Candan Karlitekin told reporters: "There are injured passengers at the back of the plane but there are no confirmed casualties."
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The BBC's Geraldine Coughlan in the Hague says television has been showing pictures of helicopters at the scene, with about 20 ambulances and fire engines.
All flights have been suspended.
The last crash involving a Turkish Airlines plane was in 2003 when 65 people died in an accident in Turkey.
Schiphol airport has six runways and one major passenger terminal. In 2007, it handled 47 million passengers, ranking fifth in Europe.
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