- Date
- June 6, 2010, 19:42 local (19:42 UTC)
- Place
- Amsterdam Schiphol IAP, Netherlands
- Injuries
- 162 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- CN-RMFBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Birdstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 76452
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On June 6, 2010, a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-400 experienced a bird strike during takeoff from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport (EHAM), Amsterdam, the Netherlands. One engine lost power. The airplane returned to Schiphol and made an uneventful overweight landing on runway 18 left. None of the 156 passengers or 6 flightcrew members were injured. The aircraft registration was CN-RMF and the destination of the flight was to be El Aroui International Airport (GMMW), Nador, Morocco. The incident is being investigated by the Dutch Safety Board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CN-RMF
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (400)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Royal Air Maroc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- EHAM · Amsterdam Schiphol IAP
- Destination
- GMMW · Nador
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EHAM · Amsterdam Schiphol IAP, runway 18L