Bird strike Incident Boeing 747-406 PH-BFG,
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Date:Monday 20 July 2015
Time:15:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic B744 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 747-406
Owner/operator:KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration: PH-BFG
MSN: 24517/782
Year of manufacture:1990
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Curaçao Int Airport, Hato -   Curaçao
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM)
Destination airport:CUR
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Flight KL735 suffered a bird strike during landing at Curaçao. A bird was ingested in one of the engines. The return flight to Amsterdam was cancelled.

Sources:

http://curacaochronicle.com/aviation/bird-strike-caused-klm-aircraft-to-be-grounded/
https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/2/airlines/boeing-747-klm-gestrand-op-curacao-na-bird-strike

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 June 1991 PH-BFG KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 0 Philadelphia, PA non

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jul-2015 19:37 Menno Added
21-Jul-2015 19:43 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]
23-May-2022 04:47 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
08-Jun-2022 23:40 Ron Averes Updated [Operator]

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