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61. 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 accident occurred when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run in dense fog, colliding with the rear of Pan Am Flight 1736 ...
Sep 28, 2020 · A series of tragic coincidences and human errors led to the collision of two 747s on a runway in the Canary Islands. by Jon Ziomek 9/28/2020. Stunned survivors mill about the burning wreckage of Pan American Boeing 747 Flight 1736 after it collided with another 747, KLM 4805, at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife on March 27, 1977.
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5 days ago · Tenerife. Tenerife airline disaster, runway collision of two Boeing 747 passenger airplanes in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977. The disaster killed more than 580 people. Both planes involved in the crash had been scheduled to depart from Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria. However, a terrorist bombing there earlier in the day caused ...
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Aug 20, 2021 · The Tenerife Airport Disaster is known for being the deadliest accident in commercial aviation history. The collision between two Boeing 747s, belonging to KLM and Pan Am, resulted in the deaths of 583 passengers and crew. Photo: Getty Images. Last October, Simple Flying took a look at the accident as a whole. Today, we shall closer examine the ...
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Oct 17, 2006 · On March 27, 1977, on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, two 747 jumbo jets collided on a fog-shrouded runway, killing 583 people in what is still the deadliest crash in aviation ...
Oct 4, 2020 · Several smaller aircraft that had diverted to Tenerife could get around the KLM jumbo and continue with their journeys. The Pan American plane, however, was parked on the apron behind the KLM plane and was too large to get past it. With the fuel's addition, the KLM jumbo was now much heavier and would need to use more of the runway to get airborne.
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Apr 28, 2024 · It was the deadliest air crash in the history of aviation. Two fully loaded Boeing 747 aircraft collided on a runway on March 27th, 1977. The accident occurred when a departing KLM Boeing 747 began its takeoff run, only to notice a Pan Am Boeing 747 taxiing on the same runway.
