KLM B744 at Seoul on Apr 25th 2019, engine failure

Last Update: April 25, 2019 / 21:01:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
KLM

Flight number
KL-856

Aircraft Registration
PH-BFT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A KLM Boeing 747-400, registration PH-BFT performing flight KL-856 from Seoul (South Korea) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 270 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Seoul's runway 15R when one of the engines failed emitting sparks. The crew stopped the climb at 3000 feet, dumped fuel and returned to Seoul for a safe landing on runway 15R about 70 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Seoul about 28 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
KLM

Flight number
KL-856

Aircraft Registration
PH-BFT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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