(1977) The Tenerife Airport Disaster - Analysis imgur.com/a/R1CKna6
Apocalypse on the Runway: The Tenerife Airport Disaster - revisited imgur.com/a/R1CKna6
And that is the story of the tenerife airport disaster of 1977
The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger planes crashed on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife, an island in Spain's Canaria Islands. With a total of 583 deaths, this is the most catastrophic accident in the history of airline ins
On March 27, 1977, an overcrowded foggy airport led to two 747 passenger jets crashing on a runway on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 people. It remains the worst disasters in aviation history.
On this day in 1977: Tenerife Disaster. KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, two B-747 Jumbos, collide on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (Canary Islands Spain). 583 perished: all 248 on the KLM and 335 on PAA, where 61 survived. It remains the deadliest crash in aviation history.
On March 27, 1977, an overcrowded foggy airport led to two 747 passenger jets crashing on a runway on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 people. It remains the worst disasters in aviation history.
The Tenerife Airport Disaster (Deadliest In Aviation History)
Tenerife Airport Disaster | Deadliest Crash in Aviation History youtu.be/8K9fUc5O_G0
TIL that the worst air disaster in aviation history was actually on the ground in Tenerife in 1977 between two Boeing 747's (KLM And Pan Am). The disaster was influenced by many factors ranging from human error and bad weather conditioning to a bomb explosion in the originally destined airport. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten…
When a KLM Boeing 747 Collided with a Pan Am Boeing 747: Remembering the Tenerife Airport Disaster, the deadliest incident in aviation history theaviationgeekclub.com/w…
When a KLM Boeing 747 Collided with a Pan Am Boeing 747: Remembering the Tenerife Airport Disaster, the deadliest incident in aviation history theaviationgeekclub.com/w…
On March 27, 1977, an overcrowded foggy airport led to two 747 passenger jets crashing on a runway on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 people. It remains the worst disasters in aviation history.
A picture of a Pan Am 747 and a KLM 747, hours before the KLM aircraft collided with the Pan Am on the runway at Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife. 583 people are killed in the disaster.
TIL about the Tenerife Airport Disaster when, on a day in which there was fog heavy enough to reduce visibility to less than 500 yards, two Boeing 747s had a head-on collision at the runway that resulted in 583 casualties and the deadliest accident in aviation history. telegraph.co.uk/travel/co…
Question about the 1977 Tenerife Airport Disaster.
I've wound up reading about this, the worst aviation accident of all time. A 747 attempted to take off on a runway in fog only to discover too late there was another 747 still taxing on that same runway. Here's a simplified overview.
The response of the Captain of the 747 that was attempting the takeoff was to continue to attempt to take off. He didn't get high enough, his gear hit the top of the other plane.
I'm wondering whether there was any other course of action, even at seemingly greater risk to his own plane that the captain of the 747 that tried to take off might have pulled off? Like swerving to avoid a collision (brakes, full left rudder, thrust reversers on 1 & 2)? They were going at about 140 knots and there was about 8.5 seconds between seeing the conflict and the collision.
If you knew the outcome of attempting to take off at that point, what would you try to do instead? What would you expect as the outcome?
The Tenerife Airport Disaster. Two packed 747s collide on the runway in the deadliest air travel disaster in history. Nearly 600 people killed in a cascade of bad timing, 1-in-a-million coincidence, impatience, misunderstood communication, and plain bad luck. A fascinating study of cause & effect en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T…
TIL That the first Boeing 747 to fly a commercial route was also the first to be hijacked, 9 months after it flew its maiden commercial flight. 7 years later, it was also one of the planes destroyed in the Tenerife Airport Disaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten…
Tenerife airport disaster en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten…
A Spanish police officer guards the wreckage of two Boeing 747 airliners that collided and burned on the runway of Tenerife Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977, killing 583 people - the worst aviation disaster in history [1300x731]
A Spanish police officer guards the wreckage of two Boeing 747 airliners that collided and burned on the runway of Tenerife Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977, killing 583 people - the worst aviation disaster in history.
Flight Simulator - Crash of the Century (Tenerife Airport Disaster) youtube.com/watch?v=O7z69…
Today marks 40 years since the Tenerife Airport Disaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten…
TIL that a man named Jack Ridout survived the Tenerife Airport Disaster- the deadliest accident in aviation history. The following year, he booked a ticket on Flight 182 from Los Angeles, but cancelled it at the last moment. Flight 182 collided with a Cessna and crashed, killing everyone on board. articles.latimes.com/1985…
Wreckage on the runway of Los Rodeos after the Tenerife Airport disaster. (March 27, 1977) [340x220]
KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 About To Collide at Los Rodeos Airport, Resulting In The Tenerife Disaster, Which Is Still The Worst Aviation Accident To This Day. (March 27, 1977, Colorized)
TIL of the Tenerife Airport Disaster, where a KLM and a Pan-Am flight collided on the runway when about to take off. Post-collision, KLM asked for veteran pilot Veldhuyzen van Zanten to be in their investigation team, only to learn that he was the Captain of the crashed KLM plane. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten…
Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten…
FS2004 - Crash of the Century (Tenerife Airport Disaster) youtube.com/watch?v=O7z69…
TIL of the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history, the only survivor from the KLM flight from Amsterdam to Tenerife survived because she chose not to reboard for Las Palmas, as she lived in Tenerife and did not want to fly to Gran Canaria to fly back the next day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten…
[History] A Spanish police officer guards the wreckage of two Boeing 747 airliners that collided and burned on the runway of Tenerife Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977, killing 583 people - the worst aviation disaster in history
The aftermath of the Tenerife airport disaster, 1977 [2796×1397]
TIL the first Boeing 747 to be used in scheduled commercial service (Pan Am's "Clipper Victor") was also the first 747 to be hijacked, as well as being one of the planes destroyed in the Tenerife airport disaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cli…
TIL: With a total of 583 fatalities, the Tenerife airport disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten…
[History] The aftermath of the Tenerife airport disaster, 1977 [2796×1397]
Tenerife Disaster Questions
Has anyone done a study about whether or not the two disaster planes should have been both routed to a small airport rather than two separate or one larger airport? How many other airports were receiving Gran Canarias traffic?
Actual result when looking up the Tenerife air disaster
44 years ago on March 27, the Tenerife Disaster took place taking the lives of 587 people making it the deadliest air crash in the history before 9/11. reddit.com/gallery/qhu0d2
Tenerife Disaster Questions
If the KLM plane had not refuelled, could they have made it over the Pan Am plane?
Also relating to this, would there have been survivors as the plane wouldnt have had such a big fire? I'm assuming impact alone passengers and crew would have survived but it was more the fire?
Spantax Flight 995 had 381 passengers & 13 crew (394 total) when it crashed in Malaga, Spain on 13 Sept. 1982. Sadly, 50 lost their lives; however, it could’ve been a lot worse. Had all 394 perished, it would’ve ranked behind Tenerife & JAL 123 as The 3rd-worst aircraft disaster in aviation history. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S…
This person thought that Tenerife is a third world Airport which is owned by Spain a first world country
