UPDATE 2:55PM IL: (Earlier updates below) Nine people have been killed after a Turkish Airlines plane crashed while trying to land at Amsterdam’s main airport, Sky News reports.

The aircraft, carrying 127 passengers and seven crew, broke into three pieces when it hit the ground next to the runway at Schiphol Airport.

Its director said nine people had been killed and more than 50 others injured.

Earlier, Turkey’s Transport Minister Binali Yildirim and Turkish Airlines chief executive Temel Kotil were reported to have said no-one died.

There was no immediate word on what caused the crash, which happened in slightly misty weather with little wind.

Wim Kok, a spokesman for the Dutch Anti-Terror Coordinator’s office, said terrorism did not appear to be a factor.

UPDATE 2:42PM IL: According to an Associated Press report, a Turkish Airlines plane with 134 people aboard slammed into a field and broke into three pieces while attempting to land at Amsterdam’s main airport on Wednesday. The airline said everyone on board survived.

A Dutch medical center spokesman said it was treating seven injured.

Flight TK1951 left Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport at 8:22 a.m. bound for Amsterdam. The Boeing 737-800 crashed next to a runway at Schiphol Airport.

In Turkey, Candan Karlitekin, head of the airline’s board, said all 127 passengers and seven crew members survived the crash. Turkey’s Transport Minister Binali Yildirim had earlier said there were 135 passengers and eight crew.

The plane was in three sections lying close together and emergency workers were moving in and out of the front entrance, an AP photographer at the scene said.

Injured survivors were being transported to nearby hospitals and other survivors were being taken to a sport hall to be reunited with relatives.

Frank van den Bos, a spokesman for the Amsterdam Medical Center, told NOS television the hospital was treating seven injured passengers. “Three are lightly injured and four are serious or very serious,” he said.

There was no sign the plane had caught fire after the crash.

12:30PM IL: A Turkish Airline plane with 135 on board crashed near Amsterdam’s Schiphol International Airport. It appears the plane broke into at least three pieces.

Turkish Airline flight 1951, a Boeing 737-800, crashed, apparently while trying to land. The flight originated in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters states that local officials are reporting at least 50 people have survived unhurt. There are reports of an unknown number of dead on the scene. Schiphol is Europe’s fifth largest airport.

12:09PM IL: Israel Radio reported a short time ago that a Turkish Airline flight crashed as it was attempting to touch down in the Amsterdam Airport. The plane reportedly broke into a number of pieces. There are reports of dead on the scene.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)