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Tenerife airport disaster
runway collision at Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, 1977-03-27 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tenerife airport disaster happened on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747s collided on the ground of Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport). This crash killed 583 people on board the two flights.
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![]() Wreckage on the runway | |
Accident | |
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Date | March 27, 1977 |
Summary | Runway collision |
Site | Los Rodeos Airport Tenerife, Canary Islands (now Tenerife North Airport) 28.48165°N 16.3384°W / 28.48165; -16.3384 |
Total fatalities | 583 |
Total injuries | 61 (All in Pan Am) |
Total survivors | 61 (All in Pan Am) |
First aircraft | |
![]() PH-BUF, the KLM Boeing 747-206B involved in the accident | |
Type | Boeing 747-206B |
Name | Rijn ("Rhine") |
Operator | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
IATA flight No. | KL4805 |
ICAO flight No. | KLM4805 |
Call sign | KLM 4805 |
Registration | PH-BUF |
Flight origin | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Netherlands |
Destination | Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
Passengers | 234 |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 248 (all) |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 0 |
Second aircraft | |
![]() A Pan Am Boeing 747-121, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
Type | Boeing 747-121 |
Name | Clipper Victor |
Operator | Pan American World Airways |
IATA flight No. | PA1736 |
ICAO flight No. | PAA1736 |
Call sign | CLIPPER 1736 |
Registration | N736PA |
Flight origin | Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, United States |
Stopover | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, U.S. |
Destination | Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
Passengers | 380 |
Crew | 16 |
Fatalities | 335 (326 passengers and 9 stewards) |
Injuries | 61 |
Survivors | 61 (2 pilots, 1 engineer, 4 stewards and 54 passengers) |
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The crash was caused for multiple reasons.