KLM Royal Dutch Airlines only airline to land during Hong Kong typhoon
- Air France/KLM, Airline News, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, QANTAS
- August 23, 2017
Only one aircraft managed to land this morning 23 August 2017 during Hong Kong’s Typhoon Hato. According to an SCMP report, KLM Royal Dutch Airline’s flight KL887, a Boeing 747-406M (Combi) flying from Amsterdam-Schiphol (AMS), successfully landed during extreme weather conditions. These included winds reaching up to 113 km per hour. Ethiopian Airlines flight ET672
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