KLM B772 near Amsterdam on Aug 18th 2019, fire in cabin
Last Update: August 19, 2019 / 23:26:32 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 18, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
KLM
Flight number
KL-598
Departure
Cape Town, South Africa
Destination
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aircraft Registration
PH-BQK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
A passenger reported the first class cabin was filled with acrid thick smoke, cabin crew were dealing with the fire calmly and extinguished it quickly.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 18, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
KLM
Flight number
KL-598
Departure
Cape Town, South Africa
Destination
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aircraft Registration
PH-BQK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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