The KLM 747 was within 100 m (330 ft) of the Pan Am and moving at approximately 140 knots (260 km/h; 160 mph) when it left the ground. Its nose landing gear cleared the Pan Am, but its left-side engines, lower fuselage, and main landing gear struck the upper right side of the Pan Am's fuselage, [ 11 ] ripping apart the center of the Pan Am jet ...

2021年6月22日 · Dutch flag carrier and Skyteam member KLM was one of many airlines to have its long-haul operations revolutionized by the iconic Boeing 747 family. All in all, the Amsterdam-based airline flew variants of the 'Queen of the skies' for nearly half a century.

2020年3月31日 · Over the weekend, KLM performed its final commercial flight with a Boeing 747 aircraft. After 49 years of flying the skies, the company ended passenger operations with the jumbo following a flight from Mexico City.

2020年7月14日 · In March this year, rumors began circulating that Dutch flag-carrier KLM would be retiring its remaining 747s early as a result of the ongoing pandemic. They turned out to be accurate, as the final KLM 747-400 commercial flight, KL686, arrived in Amsterdam from Mexico City on March 28th.

KLM flight KL4805, a Boeing 747-200, and Pan Am flight PA1736, a Boeing 747-100, collided on the runway at Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airport, killing all 248 occupants on the KLM aircraft and 335 occupants on the Pan Am flight. On March 27, 1977, at 12:30 local time a bomb exploded in the Las Palmas passenger terminal.

On 27 March 1977, a KLM Boeing 747-200 began its low visibility take-off at Tenerife without requesting or receiving take-off clearance and a collision with a Boeing 747-100 backtracking the same runway subsequently occurred. Both aircraft were destroyed by the impact and consequential fire and 583 people died.

2009年11月13日 · On March 27, 1977, two 747 jumbo jets crash into each other on the runway at an airport in the Canary Islands, killing 583 passengers and crew members.

2020年3月28日 · The much beloved KLM Boeing 747 is facing an early retirement, at the end of March this year. Below is a unique flight I took on the KLM B747-400 Combi, from Amsterdam to Mexico. This is a photography report to highlight the special KLM B747 experience.

The Farewell KLM Boeing 747 “Queen of the Skies” is a book about the Boeing 747-400 in service of the KLM. It was preceded by: “Farewell KLM 747 – the Grand Lady-” about the 747 Classics. Both books are part of a series of many Dutch Aircraft types that have been put out of service in recent years.

It would be the very very last 747 flight in KLM history during the flightoperations of KLM. In view of the 90% decline in flights and anticipated future capacity, KLM previously decided in early March that it would phase out its remaining Boeing 747s in April 2020,