A KLM Airbus A330 returned to Schiphol last Tuesday afternoon due to a technical fault.
The plane, registered PH-AOE, took off at 11:20 a.m., half an hour after the initial departure time, toward Sint Maarten, the airport previously served by the phased-out 747. It took off from Polderbahn and left Dutch airspace via Velsen. The aircraft flew in Irish airspace over the North Sea and Manchester. There it was decided to return. KLM spokesperson arrives late airlife.net Knowing that the decision was due to a technical glitch. Its nature is unknown.
Rotating over the sea
Over Dublin, the capital of Ireland, the machine turned. Instead of returning directly to Schiphol, the A330 veered off course to return to sea via Wales and circled there several times to get rid of some of its kerosene. The flight from Amsterdam to Sint Maarten takes an estimated eight to nine hours plus a reserve of fuel. An aircraft can land safely with less weight, although it sometimes happens that the aircraft crashes immediately after landing Take off He made an unplanned landing with a full tank for various reasons, as demonstrated by the return of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 from FedEx in 1994.
Return to Amsterdam
Three and a half hours later, the northbound A330 arrived at the Zwanenburgbahn runway. The subsequent flight from Sint Maarten to Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and also the last stop before returning to the Netherlands, has also been cancelled. The airline operates this route three times a week as KL777. The A330 was released the next day. The aircraft resumed operations with a flight to Vancouver, Canada.
