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| Date: | Wednesday 13 January 1971 |
| Time: | 09:05 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33RC |
| Owner/operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-DNO |
| MSN: | 47193/311 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
| Manchester, UK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During the initial climb there was an explosion in the right engine, at an altitude of 400 ft. Although there was no fire warning, the engine was extinguished and shut down.
The captain continued the climb above the clouds and then returned to Schiphol. The landing took place without any further incidents.
The explosion took place in burner #3, was caused by a crack in nozzle support #3 and punctured a hole of approximately one square metre in the nacelle.
KL-153
Sources:
http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1971.htm#13.01.1971
Het Parool
14-01-1971
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010837369:mpeg21:a0147
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1998 | VH-IPC | Independent Air Freighters | 0 | Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, VIC (MEL/YMML) |  |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2020 14:34 | harro | Added |
| 08-Dec-2020 16:44 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Nature, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Feb-2022 11:41 | Cobar | Updated [Source, ] |
| 08-Jun-2022 23:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Jun-2022 04:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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