News World news Plane crash Tenerife airport disaster - chilling last words from pilot before world's deadliest aviation accident Tenerife North Airport formerly Los Rodeos Airport was the scene ...

Posted: March 26, 2025 | Last updated: July 11, 2025 In 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on the runway in Tenerife, killing 583 people. It remains the deadliest accident in aviation history.

A fog-covered runway, a misheard command, and two jumbo jets on a collision course. 583 lives lost in aviation’s worst disaster—this is the story of Tenerife.

The co-pilot who survived the Tenerife aircraft disaster In March 1977, two jumbo jets collided at Tenerife Airport killing 583 people. It was the worst crash in aviation history.

The Tenerife disaster, the worst in aviation history, remains relevant today. As Patrick Smith said, “We’ve engineered away what used to be the causes of some of the worst crashes ever.

What happened in the Tenerife Airport Disaster KLM flight 4805, carrying 248 passengers and crew, was attempting to take off from the same runway where Pan Am flight 1736, which had 396 people on ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on March 28, 1977.) SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN – Two chartered Boeing 747 jumbo jets, one owned by Pan American airlines and the other by KLM Royal … ...