Flight history Tenerife was an unscheduled stop for both flights. Their destination was Gran Canaria Airport (also known as Las Palmas Airport or Gando Airport), serving Las Palmas on the nearby …

5 days ago · Tenerife airport disaster, runway collision of two Boeing 747 passenger airplanes in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977. The disaster killed 583 people, making it the deadliest aviation …

Mar 7, 2023 · Later, when flights to Gran Canaria resumed, the aircraft collided on the runway in Tenerife as the KLM Boeing 747 initiated a takeoff while the Pan Am aircraft was using the runway to …

Read a transcript of radio communications between flight crews and air traffic controllers in the minutes before the deadly crash at Tenerife in 1977.

All 248 occupants of the KLM aircraft and 335 of the 396 occupants of the Pan Am aircraft were killed or subsequently died as a result of injuries received. 61 occupants escaped from the Pan Am aircraft. …

The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on 27 March 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport on the Spanish island o...

Sep 5, 2024 · On 27 March 1977 two 747 jumbo jets collided during take-off on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands off the Spanish coast. The Tenerife airport disaster remains the …

On March 27th, 1977, a Boeing 747 of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines collided fatally with a 747 of Pan American Airlines on the runway of Los Rodeos International Airport on the Canary island of …

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 …

Aug 12, 2025 · On the fateful day of Sunday, March 27, 1977, the tragedy occurred at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife. A KLM 747 took off without air traffic clearance and crashed into a …