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The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on 27 March 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife.
Oct 4, 2020 · Five hundred and eighty-three passengers including the crew of the KLM jumbo were not so lucky, making what happened on Tenerife, the worst airline disaster in history. As a consequence of the Tenerife disaster, sweeping changes were made to international airline regulations and aircraft.
Apr 28, 2024 · KLM and Pan Am Boeing 747s collided on the runway at Tenerife due to poor visibility and miscommunication. 583 people died in the crash; all aboard the KLM aircraft perished, and blame lay on KLM for taking off early. Regulatory changes emphasized standard radio communications after the accident.
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...
Mar 27, 2024 · The idyllic skies above Tenerife Airport, a volcanic island paradise, were anything but serene on March 27, 1977. Today marks 47 years since the tragic event. A confluence of events led to the deadliest aviation disaster in history.
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...
May 8, 2024 · 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.
Dec 12, 2023 · The Tenerife Airport Disaster was a fatal aircraft collision that occurred on March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife North Airport) in the Canary Islands. It remains the deadliest aviation accident in history.
Mar 7, 2023 · A bombing at the Las Palmas airport, the intended destination of both the KLM and Pan Am flights, as well as many others, caused a diversion to and an unusual situation at the Tenerife airport. Everyone involved, from each flight to the air traffic controllers, were forced to compensate for the unusual circumstances.
On 27 March 1977, a KLM Boeing 747-200 began its low visibility take-off at Tenerife without requesting or receiving take-off clearance and a collision with a Boeing 747-100 backtracking the same runway subsequently occurred. Both aircraft were destroyed by the impact and consequential fire and 583 people died.
