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Oct 17, 2006 · They also called in a threat of a second bomb. Gran Canaria shut down for several hours, causing the temporary diversion of KLM 4805 and Pan Am 1736 to Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife.
5 days ago · The force from the crash tore through the fuselage of the Pan Am plane, and both aircraft exploded into flames. All passengers and crew members aboard the KLM plane were killed. At least 330 people on the Pan Am plane died, but more than 60, including the pilot, survived the impact and fire.
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On March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife, Pan Am Flight 1736 was sitting on the taxiway waiting to take off. A thick fog obscured the approach of KLM 4805, as it bore directly towards...
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Mar 27, 2024 · The KLM 747 clipped the Pan Am plane, its undercarriage shearing off the Pan Am’s upper fuselage and severing the tail section. Both aircraft erupted in flames, spewing burning fuel across the runway. The ensuing inferno consumed both planes. The impact zone became a horrific scene of mangled metal and human remains.
Mar 27, 2017 · Tragic Plane Crashes 31 photos. Two jumbo jets had been shifted to Tenerife by a global threat that still haunts the industry, after a terrorist bomb explosion at the Canary Islands’ main airport...
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Dec 12, 2023 · What happened in Tenerife was a result of a series of unfortunate events and miscommunication between the pilots and air traffic controllers. Two Boeing 747s, belonging to Pan Am and KLM, collided on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport, now known as Tenerife North Airport.
PA 4—Unidentified fourth person in Pan Am cockpit, likely one of two Pan Am employees who boarded in Tenerife and were sitting in the cockpit jumpseats KLM RT—KLM aircraft radio...
