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The first crash investigators to arrive at Tenerife the day after the crash travelled there by way of a 3-hour boat ride from Las Palmas. [44] The first aircraft that was able to land was a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport, which landed on the airport's main taxiway at 12:50 on March 29.
This shows the aftermath of the deadliest aviation incident in history, where two Boeing 747s collided in a Spanish airport on March 27, 1977, causing 583 fatalities. Somewhat of a historical value and a detailed image. Could be reasonably restored, if needed. Articles in which this image appears Tenerife airport disaster FP category for this image
International Tenerife Memorial with Teide peak in the background Memorial plaque. The International Tenerife Memorial March 27, 1977, erected in memory of the 583 victims of the Tenerife airport disaster, is a monument located on the Mesa Mota on the outskirts of the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).
The Tenerife Airport disaster. In 1977, 583 people were killed on an airport runway on the Canary Island of Tenerife after a KLM Boeing 747 attempted to take off.
A gravestone with Veldhuyzen van Zanten's name, Westgaarde Cemetery, Amsterdam. The Tenerife airport disaster on 27 March 1977 was the collision of two Boeing 747 passenger aircraft on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife North Airport) in Tenerife, Spain; causing 583 deaths, the crash is the deadliest accident in aviation history.
Flight 1008 was a charter flight from Manchester Airport, United Kingdom, to Tenerife North Airport, Canary Islands, Spain. The flight was flying closely behind a slower Iberia Turboprop. The flight was 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) from VOR / DME beacon 'TFN' when it was cleared onward to radio beacon 'FP' for an approach to runway 12 after it had ...
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Thousands of passengers had their flights diverted and delayed after a private jet blocked the runway at the main airport in Tenerife.. The plane landed at Reina Sofía airport in the south of the ...