KLM B744 near Knock on Jun 7th 2012, lavatory smoke detector woes

Last Update: June 7, 2012 / 20:19:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 7, 2012

Airline
KLM

Flight number
KL-643

Aircraft Registration
PH-BFO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A KLM Boeing 747-400, registration PH-BFO performing flight KL-643 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was enroute at FL320 about 60nm north of Knock (Ireland) when the crew decided to return to Amsterdam due to a malfunctioning lavatory smoke detector. On approach the crew advised normal operations and landed safely on runway 18R about 75 minutes after turning around.

The aircraft departed again after 90 minutes on the ground and is estimated to reach New York with a delay of 4 hours.

The airline tweeted they had problems with one of the smoke detectors in a lavatory and were expecting to have it fixed in 30 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 7, 2012

Airline
KLM

Flight number
KL-643

Aircraft Registration
PH-BFO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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