A faulty altimeter caused last week’s Turkish Airlines crash that killed nine people in the Netherlands, investigators said today.

Flights are resuming on the Amsterdam runway where a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 was heading to when it crashed four days ago, killing nine people.

FORENSIC experts worked yesterday to identify the dead in a Turkish Airlines crash that killed nine in the Netherlands, while investigators mapped the exact location of each piece of mangled debris in search of the cause of the crash.

Engine trouble may be behind the Turkish Airlines crash in the Netherlands in which nine people died, the head of the agency investigating the accident said today.

A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and ploughed into a muddy field near Amsterdam's main airport, but most people on board - 125 people - survived. The nine dead included both pilots.