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| Date: | Sunday 21 September 2025 |
| Time: | 16:03 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-9K2 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-BXO |
| MSN: | 29599/866 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
| Berlin Brandenburg-Willy Brandt Airport (BER/EDDB) |
KLM flight KL1779, a Boeing 737-900, struck a bird during takeoff from runway 36L at Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS).
The plane performed a normal takeoff and returned back to AMS. The crew reported vibrations on engine 2.
It landed safely on runway 36R at 16:24. The following flights for this plane were cancelled.
Sources:
I saw it myself
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ph-bxo#3c4fdf89
https://app.airframes.io/messages/5604338547
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 August 2015 | PH-BXO | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | 0 | Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) | |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2025 18:37 | kim265 | Added |
| 22-Sep-2025 18:40 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2025 12:23 | kim265 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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