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  1. The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on 27 March 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport [1] (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. [2] [3] The collision occurred when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run in dense fog while Pan Am Flight 1736 was still on the runway.

  2. Oct 4, 2020 · Shortly before both planes were scheduled to arrive at Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) in Las Palmas, a terrorist group exploded a bomb in the airport, causing injuries and panic. When the threat was called in, the group responsible mentioned numerous devices that the police started to search for. With Las Palmas now closed, several incoming flights ...

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  3. Mar 2, 2016 · In March 1977, two jumbo jets collided at Tenerife Airport killing 583 people. It was the worst crash in aviation history. The two Boeing 747s were among those diverted from nearby Gran Canaria ...

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  4. Dec 12, 2023 · The Tenerife Airport Disaster is considered one of the worst aviation accidents in history. It took place on March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife North Airport) in Tenerife, Canary Islands. The disaster involved two Boeing 747 passenger aircraft, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, resulting in the loss of 583 lives.

  5. Apr 28, 2024 · A second lower-altitude airport, Tenerife South Airport (TFS), was opened in 1978. It now handles most of the international tourist flights in Tenerife. When TFS was opened, Los Rodeos was renamed Tenerife North Airport (TFN) and only handled domestic interisland flights until 2002, when a new terminal opened.

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  6. Mar 27, 2017 · Exactly 40 years ago, at Tenerife-North Airport (formerly Los Rodeos), two Boeing 747s - one belonging to KLM, the other to Pan Am - collided on a foggy runway. Five hundred and eighty-three ...

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  8. Dec 12, 2023 · The Tenerife airport disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 583 people, happened on March 27, 1977, and was the deadliest accident in aviation history. The disaster occurred when KLM Flight 4805 collided with Pan Am Flight 1736 on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport.

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