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.

(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 … ...

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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.

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.