Video footage has emerged of a KLM flight from Amsterdam suffering a tail strike on landing into Lisbon.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand, which happened yesterday (June 16).
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
KLM Flight KL1583 – Amsterdam to Lisbon…
KLM flight KL1583, which suffered the tail strike, is a routine scheduled flight between Amsterdam and Lisbon.
Furthermore, the aircraft that was involved was PH-AXB.
As per data from Planespotters.net, PH-AXB is a 1.7 year old Airbus A321neo that was delivered to the Dutch carrier back in September 2024.
Of the A321neo aircraft, KLM has 16 of them in their fleet, of which all are in active service, and have an average fleet age of 1 year.
As well as the A321neo, the Dutch airline has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet (excluding subsidiaries):
- 10 Airbus A330s.
- 39 Boeing 737s.
- 31 Boeing 777s.
- 28 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
In total, the mainline KLM fleet has 124 aircraft, of which 117 are in active service, and seven are parked, with an average fleet age of 13.1 years.
KLM flight KL1583, which suffered the tail strike, departed Amsterdam Schiphol Airport at 1241 local time on June 16 and tracked south towards Lisbon.
Everything was normal throughout the flight, with the A321neo arriving into the Portuguese Airport at 1414 local time.
Video Footage Highlights Tail Strike on Landing…
As mentioned, everything was normal onboard KLM flight KL1583 from Amsterdam, until the landing itself into Lisbon.
The video footage above highlights that the aircraft suffered damage to the empennage area of the aircraft following a long tail strike across Runway 02 at Humberto Delgado Airport.
As a result of this tail strike, PH-AXB was grounded and taken out of service, for relevant checks to be completed.
Data from Flightradar24 doesn’t yet indicate when the next flight will be with this aircraft.
It could very well be the case that significant repairs to the empennage area may be needed.
As soon as we have more information on this, we will update you accordingly.
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