which governs the Canary Islands, took more than a year before issuing its final report. There were several contributing factors—for example, confusion on the part of both 747 flight crews in ...

The accident was Spain's worst air disaster since 1983, when a Boeing 747 operated ... in the Canary Islands and a total of 583 people died. After being informed of Wednesday's crash, Prime ...

Although van Zanten was KLM's most experienced 747 pilot ... of events leading up to the crash began earlier in the day at another airport in the Canary Islands. A militant separatist group ...

Canary Islands, Spain. Two large commercial planes ... meet their end in the violent crash. How could something like this happen? Several elements converged to allow this disaster to happen.

On a Wednesday 42 years ago, the world reeled with shock when two packed passenger jets collided at the airport on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands ... A Pan Am Boeing 747-121, similar ...

The accident was Spain's worst air disaster since 1983, when a Boeing 747 operated ... in the Canary Islands and a total of 583 people died. After being informed of Wednesday's crash, Prime ...