ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186339
Last updated: 19 December 2020
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| Date: | 02-APR-2016 |
| Time: | 12:35pm WEST |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8K2 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | KLM |
| Registration: | PH-BXL |
| C/n / msn: | 30359/659 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 176 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | north of Lisbon -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | (LIS/LPPT) |
| (AMS/EHAM) |
KLM flight KL1696 departed Lisbon bound for Amsterdam. But minutes after takeoff the crew reported a fuel leak and shut down the no. 1 engine. The aircraft then returned to Lisbon about 45 minutes later where it landed on runway 21. No injuries to the 176 passengers and crew.
PH-BXL departed Lisbon again the next day as flight KL1694 to Amsterdam.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/kl1696/
Media:
My doomed @KLM flight to AMS that had to make an emergency landing on one engine in Lisbon due to fuel leak. pic.twitter.com/jPPCiZPZgL
— Jason H. Moore, PhD (@moorejh) April 2, 2016
Images:
Photo of PH-BXL courtesy AirHistory.net
Amsterdam - Schiphol (EHAM / AMS)
8 December 2019; (c) TavoCruz
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2016 17:44 | AF5541 | Added |
| 11-Apr-2016 17:47 | harro | Updated [Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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