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The pilot decided to continue but while flying over a shipyard the engine failed completely and the aircraft lost altitude. While returning to the airport the aircraft struck a 13 m (43 ft) tall marine beacon, tearing off a portion the left wing. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed on a rail line just outside the airport.
On 26 April a telegram was received that a Dutch plane was found at a sandbank of Goodwin and a British plane saw oil in that area. [8] However, the message turned out to be incorrect. [11] KLM director Plesman was publicly praised by the media for the extensive search. The efforts of H. Nieuwenhuis and J. Strijkers were also praised. [5] [10]
KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 was a Saab 340B, registered as PH-KSH, which crashed during an emergency landing on 4 April 1994 and killing 3 occupants, including the captain. Flight 433 was a routine scheduled flight from Amsterdam , the Netherlands , to Cardiff , Wales , United Kingdom.
The disasters was at the time KLM's deadliest accident. The accident was the third major airplane accident in one week after the crash of the "Kwikstaart" in Amsterdam and the "Maraboe" in Bushir. [13] The week of 14 to 20 July 1935 is known as the "black week". In these three crashes KLM lost three airplanes and lost crew in two crashes.
According to Aviation Safety Network, NLM CityHopper records a single accident/incident event. [13]6 October 1981: A Fokker F-28-4000, registration PH-CHI, that was operating the first leg of an international scheduled Rotterdam–Eindhoven–Hamburg passenger service as NLM CityHopper Flight 431, entered a tornado that caused the starboard wing to separate from the fuselage.
A person died after 'ending up' in the spinning turbine blades of a passenger plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, KLM said in a news release.
An airport employee told the website that the aircraft had been reversing before taking off. KLM said: “A fatal incident took place at Schiphol today during which a person ended up in a running ...
24 April – Fokker F.III H-NABS of KLM departed Lympne for Rotterdam and Amsterdam and was never heard of again. It was presumed to have crashed into the sea, killing the pilot and both passengers. [11] 24 December – G-EBBX, an Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34, crashed shortly after take-off from Croydon Airport, killing all eight on ...