Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever
| Author | : Allistair Fitzgerald |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2010-05-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780557451791 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0557451795 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (795 Downloads) |
Download or read book Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever written by Allistair Fitzgerald and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Sunday, March 27, 1977 KLM Flight 4805 and PANAM Flight 1736 both approached Las Palmas Airport in the Canary Islands, when a terrorist's bomb exploded on the airport. Both flights were diverted to the neighboring island of Tenerife. After Las Palmas Airport reopened first KLM Flight 4805 was cleared for takeoff, a few minutes later PANAM 1736 was cleared. Due to a number of misunderstandings both aircraft collided on the runway of Tenerife Airport during takeoff, killing 583 people.
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