March 27, 1977. Canary Islands, Spain. Two large commercial planes collide head-on on a runway at Los Rodeos airport, north of Tenerife. In the middle of the thick fog, 583 people, most of the ...

Dark Records. The Tenerife Airport Disaster – Aviation’s Deadliest Tragedy. Posted: March 26, 2025 | Last updated: March 27, 2025. In 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on the runway in Tenerife ...

'Worst airline disaster of all time' saw 580 people killed in Brit tourist hotspot The disaster remains the worst aviation accident ever seen, and brought sweeping changes to the airline industry.

Brits caught in the chaos of Tenerife South Airport have described horrifying scenes as crowds wilted in the heat. Last Monday night, coinciding with the school holidays in the UK, more than 500 ...

Hundreds of British holidaymakers were caught in ‘inhuman’ queues at a Spanish airport at the start of the school break. Around 500 people who arrived on the island for a sunshine break during half ...