KLM plane returns to Schiphol

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A KLM plane carrying 277 passengers returned to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport shortly after take off last night when it appeared that its doors were not properly closed. The plane was on its way to Bankok.


A KLM spokesman told ANP news agency that an examination of the door did not find any defects but the emergency landing slide was replaced before the 747 took off again two hours later.

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