KLM Flight 867
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On 15 December 1989, KLM Flight 867, en route from Amsterdam to Narita International Airport Tokyo, was forced to make an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport, Alaska, when all four engines failed. The Boeing 747-406M, less than six months old at the time,[1] flew through a thick cloud of volcanic ash from Mount Redoubt,[2] which had erupted the day before.
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Incident | |
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Date | 15 December 1989 (1989-12-15) |
Summary | Quadruple engine failure due to blockage by volcanic ash |
Site | Over Redoubt Volcano, Anchorage, Alaska |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-406M |
Aircraft name | City of Calgary |
Operator | KLM |
Registration | PH-BFC |
Flight origin | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Stopover | Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, United States |
Destination | Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
Occupants | 245 |
Passengers | 231 |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 245 |
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