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                    [Title] => Fokker 100 open to visitors at Schiphol
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A KLM Cityhopper Fokker 100 was recently opened to the public on the Panorama Terrace at Schiphol by Pieter Elbers, chief operating officer of KLM, and Jos Nijhuis, president and CEO of the Schiphol Group.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 519435 [Title] => Taiwan president safe following flight incident [Summary] =>

TAIPEI (AP) – A Taiwanese official says President Ma Ying-jeou emerged safe after his Fokker 50 flight landed with two flat tires following a brief flight. Smoke billowed and flames shot out of the aircraft as it taxied down the runway.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-02 17:22:39 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183664 [Title] => Fokker-27: A long crash history [Summary] => Is the F-27 Fokker twin propeller commuter airplane a "flying coffin?" The STAR culled a list of Fokker mishaps, some of them fatal, from the Internet.

The website http://home.concepts-ict.nl/~mmgmdrunen/f27accidents00-now.htm lists Fokker mishaps from 1960 to 2002. Excerpts from the website’s databank:

2002


• Nov. 2: EuroCeltic Airways’ F-27 crashed in Ireland’s airport while landing in strong winds on a wet runway. The three people on the plane were unhurt, but the plane landed with its forward fuselage in the sea.
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