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All 66 passengers and crew on board survived. The pilot was later reprimanded by KLM and temporarily demoted to co-pilot. [62] 25 May 1953: Convair CV-240-4 PH-TEI Paulus Potter lost altitude and stalled just after takeoff from Schiphol Airport. The aircraft belly-landed on the runway and slid off, crossed a road and came to rest in a field.
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.
The accident was the second out of three major airplane accident in one week after the crash of the "Kwikstaart" in Amsterdam and before the "Gaai" in Pian San Giacomo. 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.
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A DC-3-194B (registration PH-ALP, named Pluvier) struck Mount Baldy, Arizona on its delivery flight to KLM, killing all eight on board. [3] October 6 A KLM DC-3-194B (registration PH-ALS, named Specht) crashed after takeoff from Betoetoe Aerodrome in the Dutch East Indies, killing four of the twelve occupants. [4] October 17
Japan Airlines Flight 2, a DC-8-62 (named Shiga) crashed on landing in San Francisco Bay due to pilot error; all 107 on board survived. The aircraft was recovered 55 hours after the incident and repaired by United Airlines; it was returned to JAL (renamed Hidaka ) on March 31, 1969 and remained in JAL service until 1983.
KLM Flight 867 lost all four engines after flying through volcanic ash, but managed to land safely and without loss of life at Anchorage International Airport on December 15, 1989. MarkAir flight 3087, a Boeing 737 registered N670MA, crashed 7.5 miles short of runway 14 at Unalakleet Airport on June 2, 1990.
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. With an earlierer crash in April of the "Leeuwerik", KLM had lost in 1935 around 15% of its pilots. [17] As a result there was a shortage of crew members and airplanes.