Aviation Crash Map

KLM accidents

The NTSB database holds 6 accidents and incidents involving KLM, recorded between 1977 to 2025. 1 of them were fatal (17%), and 574 people died.

The deadliest year was 1977, with 574 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is takeoff (1 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 747, Boeing 737 and Boeing 777.

Most of these records are from Netherlands, Europe and Spain.

5 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

6
Records
1
Fatal
574
Deaths
17%
Share fatal
1977 to 2025
Period
Show these on the map 1 of 6 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 1
1980s 1
2010s 2
2020s 2

All 6 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
27 Mar 1977 Boeing 747
PH-BUP
Tenerife, Europe
no coordinates
KLM Fatal 574
17 May 2025 Boeing 777
PH-BVW
Schiphol, Netherlands KLM Unknown -
28 May 2021 Boeing 737
PH-BXF
Barcelona, Spain
no coordinates
KLM Unknown -
10 Jun 2018 Boeing 737
PH-BXG
Amsterdam, Netherlands
no coordinates
KLM Unknown -
23 Sep 2017 Boeing 777
PHBQC
Osaka, Japan
no coordinates
KLM No injuries -
14 Apr 1988 Boeing 747
N1295E
Schiphol-Amster, Netherlands
no coordinates
KLM Unknown -