KLM Flight 867
The cockpit crew inspects the damage caused to PH-BFC by the ash cloud in Anchorage the day after the incident. | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 December 1989 |
| Summary | Quadruple engine failure due to blockage by volcanic ash |
| Site | Over Redoubt Volcano, Anchorage, Alaska |
| Aircraft | |
| PH-BFC, the aircraft involved in the incident, seen in 1992 | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-406M |
| Aircraft name | City of Calgary |
| Operator | KLM |
| IATA flight No. | KL867 |
| ICAO flight No. | KLM867 |
| Call sign | KLM 867 |
| Registration | PH-BFC |
| Flight origin | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Stopover | Anchorage Airport, Alaska, United States |
| Destination | Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupants | 245 |
| Passengers | 231 |
| Crew | 14 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 245 |
On 15 December 1989, KLM Flight 867, en route from Amsterdam to Narita International Airport, Tokyo, was forced to make an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport, Alaska, when all four engines failed. The Boeing 747-406M, less than six months old at the time, flew through a thick cloud of volcanic ash from Mount Redoubt, which had erupted the day before.