KLM flight #KL661 departed Amsterdam at 09:49 CET today for a 10h and 55 minutes flight to Houston IAH Airport.

The Airbus A330-300 (registration PH-AKA) climbed to 34,000 ft but turned around over Ireland one hour into the flight due to an engine issue.

The aircraft descended to 20,000 ft then 14,000 ft before starting hold near Amsterdam to start burning fuel.

Once weight reduced, the flight is expected to land back at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

UPDATE 14:45 CET
Flight KL661 is on final approach to runway 27.

UPDATE 14:49 CET
The A330 has landed at AMS and vacated the runway 27.

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Arrivals are currently regulated due to low visibility at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

Several flights are currently being diverted:

• Delta flight DL56 from Salt Lake City is diverting to Frankfurt.
• KLM flight KL1838 is returning to Nuremberg.

High delays are expected as the visibility has reduced to only 200 m.

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Sunday, December 29 2024, KLM flight KL895 departed Amsterdam at 14:19 CET to Shanghai but 4 hours into the flight, the Boeing 777-200ER turned around over Azerbaijan at 34,000 ft altitude.

The aircraft (registration PH-BQD) landed back at Schiphol 9 hours after departure. There was a problem with “drinking water” according to Dutch news De Telegraaf.

Few hours later, KLM flight KL835 departed Amsterdam at 21:54 CET to Singapore and climbed to 29,000 ft but the Boeing 777-300ER quickly returned to Schiphol.

The aircraft (registration PH-BVS) landed back at AMS Airport 1 hour and 32 minutes later due to apparent fuel problems.

The first plane is 21 years old, the second is 7 years old. Both flights were cancelled.

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Friday November the 29th, between 07:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m, authorities conducted 445 breathalyzer tests on flight attendants and pilots.

The two crew members of Delta, a male and a female, enjoyed a Thanksgiving layover in Amsterdam but were found to be over the legal alcohol limit for aviation personnel prior flight DL49 to New York JFK.

The legal blood alcohol limit for a flight crew is 0.02 in the Netherlands. The male Delta flight attendant blew a 0.023, just over the limit. The female Delta flight attendant blew a 1.43, which is seven times over the limit. 

In a statement, the Dutch police service said the female flight attendant had been ordered to pay a fine of €1,900 (US $2,000) after she was found to be seven times over the legal alcohol limit for aircrew.

Despite the incident, the flight DL49 operated by an Airbus A330-900 (registration N430DX) departed at 10:00 CET and arrived at 12:57 EST in New York.

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KLM flight KL987 to London City was cancelled Sunday, November 24 2024 after a ground incident at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

The Embraer 190-100 (registration PH-EXY) arrived from Billund, Denmark and was preparing for flight KL987 to London City.

The flight crew are supposed to disable the slide when they first park at the gate. It looks the flight attendants forgot to disarm the slide at arrival on door 4.

Once the catering delivery driver opened the door, the emergency slide deployed.

The flight was cancelled and the plane took out of service for maintenance. It resumed flight operations the next day on flight to Frankfurt.

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KLM #KL661 departed Amsterdam Schiphol this morning on time at 09:56 CET for a 10-hour flight to Houston, Texas.

The Airbus A330-200 (registration PH-AOA) departed form runway 24 but stopped the climb at only 6,000 ft due to a bird strikes into both engines according to The Aviation Herald.

The crew contacted ATC and immediately requested to return to AMS Airport.

The 19-year-old aircraft landed back on runway 18R only 40 minutes after departure.

Fire trucks escorted the plane back to the gate as pilots didn’t have enough time to dump/burn fuel enough before the heavy landing.

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Some 3,000 Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attended their club’s Europa League away game at Ajax Amsterdam.

Tensions were expected to be high, also due to the fact that Turkish side Fenerbahce played away at AZ Alkmaar, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Amsterdam, with Turkish supporters known to support the Palestinian cause. 

Clashes broke out between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Dutch police before the fixture who had reported “tensions” in several parts of the city in the run-up to the match, which Ajax won 5-0.

Police said 57 people were arrested and that due to unrest, police were still visible in the city.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered two planes be sent to the Netherlands to bring home football fans following violent clashes in Amsterdam.

Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on X that “two rescue planes” were being sent “to immediately assist our citizens.”

The Boeing 777-200ER (registration 4X-ECF) departed Ben Gurion Airport at 09:45 IST and is expected to land in Amsterdam at 13:00 CEST.

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The faulty aircraft arrived in Amsterdam Schiphol airport on Tuesday, October 1 2024, operating flight DL48 from New York JFK.

The Airbus A330-300 (registration N819NW) was scheduled to operate flight #DL163 to Minneapolis, MN on October 1st, but due to technical issue, the flight was cancelled.

The airline then scheduled this aircraft for flight #DL161 to Minneapolis, MN (earlier departure then #DL163) on October 2nd.

The flight was scheduled to depart AMS at 10:15 CEST but took off about 4 hours late at 14:07.

The Airbus A330-300 took off from runway 36L but stopped the climb at only 6,000 ft with landing gear still down. The crew decided to turn around.

Pilots didn’t declare an emergency but requested ATC for an immediate return to Amsterdam.

The aircraft landed on runway 06 only 31 minutes after departure and is now under maintenance.

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KLM flight #KL617 departed Amsterdam this Sunday at 17:32 CEST to Boston for a scheduled flight of about 7 hours.

The Boeing 777-206ER (registration PH-BQB) climbed to 36,000 ft over the North Sea before entering UK airpsace.

But less than one hour into flight, the crew decided to turn around due to technical difficulties with the aircraft.

The flight descended to 35,000 ft then was vectored back to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

The Boeing 777 landed at 19:25 CEST on runway 18R almost 2 hours after departure.

The airline is announcing a new departure at 22:40, probably with a spare aircraft.

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Flight attendants on an Air Arabia flight faced a stinky situation in the forward galley of the plane.

A passenger “had a poop accident” that caused an incredibly foul odor throughout the cabin of the Airbus A320.

The passenger relieved himself when he was informed the toilets were unavailable, according to sources.

Air Arabia currently operates a total fleet of 68 Airbus A320 aircraft and 9 Airbus A321 Neo LR aircraft.

The aline flies to over 200+ routes spread across our network in Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe.

The company operates direct flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Tangier, Fez and Nador, Morocco.

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The Airbus Beluga XL #3 (registration F-GXLI) departed an Airbus factory in Saint-Nazaire, France this Tuesday, September 10 2024 afternoon and climbed to 34,000 ft.

The aircraft was on its way to Hamburg XFW, another Airbus site when the crew declared an emergency when entering The Netherlands airspace.

The Beluga started to descent and was vectored to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport where it landed on runway 18C.

The aircraft is now parked in a remote area with transponder still active at the time we are writing this article.

The Airbus BelugaXL (A330-743L) is a large transport aircraft based on the Airbus A330-200F built by Airbus to transport very large aircraft components, such as two A350 wings.

The aircraft maker has a fleet of 6 Beluga XLs with capacity of 50,500 kg (111,333 lb) payload.

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KLM flight #KL705 departed Amsterdam Schiphol airport this Sunday, June 23 2024 a bit before 13:30 CEST.

The Boeing 777-200ER (registration PH-BQB) departed from runway 24 and climbed to 31,000 ft.

The crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) then decided to turn around back to Amsterdam Schiphol.

The aircraft descended to 29,000 ft and started a short hold to dump fuel over the North Sea before returning and landing on runway 27 aft 1 hour and 52 minutes into the flight.

The Boeing 777 was met by fire trucks due to a suspected hydraulic failure.

According to a KLM spokeswoman, there was a technical defect on the plane, however, the safety of the passengers was not at risk.

A new departure time is scheduled to 17:30 local time.

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