KLM Flight 867

KLM Flight 867

PH-BFC, the aircraft involved in the incident, seen in 2014
Incident
Date	15 December 1989 (1989-12-15)
Summary	Quadruple engine failure due to blockage by volcanic ash
Site	Redoubt Volcano, Anchorage, Alaska
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 747-406M
Aircraft name	City of Calgary
Operator	KLM
Registration	PH-BFC
Flight origin	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stopover	Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Destination	Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Occupants	245
Passengers	231
Crew	14
Fatalities	0
Injuries	0
Survivors	245

On 15 December 1989, KLM Flight 867, en route from Amsterdam to Narita International Airport Tokyo, was forced to make an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport, Alaska, when all four engines failed. The Boeing 747-406M, less than six months old at the time,^[1] flew through a thick cloud of volcanic ash from Mount Redoubt,^[2] which had erupted the day before.