KLM Flight 844
KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) Flight 844 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Biak-Mokmer Airport, Netherlands New Guinea (now Indonesia) to Manila International Airport, Manila, Philippines on 16 July 1957, which crashed into Cenderawasih Bay 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) from its departure airport. As a result, 58 (9 of which were crew members) out of 68 onboard perished. The flight was the first leg of a service with the ultimate destination of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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KLM Flight 844
KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) Flight 844 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Biak-Mokmer Airport, Netherlands New Guinea (now Indonesia) to Manila International Airport, Manila, Philippines on 16 July 1957, which crashed into Cenderawasih Bay 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) from its departure airport. As a result, 58 (9 of which were crew members) out of 68 onboard perished. The flight was the first leg of a service with the ultimate destination of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Am 16. Juli 1957 verunglückte ...... 58 der 68 Insassen ums Leben.
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Bij de vliegramp van Biak vero ...... als eindbestemming Amsterdam.
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KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) Fli ...... of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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28,901,076
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736,456,565
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aircraft type
Caption
A KLM L-1049 similar to the one involved in the crash.
date
1957-07-16
destination
fatalities
name
KLM Flight 844
origin
passengers
site
Off Biak Islands, Netherlands New Guinea
survivors
tail number
type
Pilot error or possible technical failure
subject
point
-1.2033 136.1461
comment
Am 16. Juli 1957 verunglückte ...... 58 der 68 Insassen ums Leben.
@de
Bij de vliegramp van Biak vero ...... als eindbestemming Amsterdam.
@nl
KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) Fli ...... of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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label
KLM Flight 844
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KLM-Flug 844
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Vliegramp van Biak
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lat
-1.2033e+0
long
1.361461e+2