FACTBOX: Details of Amsterdam crash plane

(Reuters) - A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 jetliner with 135 people aboard crashed in light fog while trying to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, killing nine, a local official said.

Here are some details of the type of plane involved:

DESCRIPTION

The Boeing 737-800 is one of the most recent variants of the 737, a family of single-aisle aircraft in service since 1968 and often described as the workhorse of short- and medium-haul aviation alongside the competing Airbus A320 series.

The 737-800 is part of the second or "next" generation of 737s in production since the 1990s. It entered service in 1998.

Turkish Airlines was one of its early customers and has taken delivery of a total of 49 directly from Boeing, according to the Chicago-based planemaker's website.

AIRCRAFT DETAILS

Passenger capacity (typical 2-class) 162

(1-class) 189