The remains of the KLM jumbo jet that collided with a Pan Am Jumbo at Los Rodeos airport, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Mar. 27, 1977. Five hundred and eighty-three people died in the world’s worst ...

(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 … ...

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.