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 ...

Vacationers Caroline and Warren Hopkins of Northbrook discovered a minor problem as they boarded their Pan Am jet bound for the Canary Islands ... class seats on the 747 jet.

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 March 27, 1977, a KLM Boeing 747 and a Pan American Boeing 747 collided ... due to a bomb that had been set off by the Canary Islands Independence Movement at Gran Canaria Airport.

The airport at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands is overflowing with airplanes ... Tenerife shortly after 5 p.m. He is guiding his 747 through its final 45-degree turn when he hears ...

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 ...