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The tower, confused but believing the aircraft was still in position, replied: "OK... standby for takeoff, I will call you." planecrashinfo
March 27, 1977 Location: Los Rodeos Airport (TFN), Tenerife, Canary Islands Fatalities: 583 Survivors: 61 Aircraft Involved: Boeing 747-121 (Pan Am) & Boeing 747-206B (KLM) This post is structured to be authoritative and
To understand the crash, one must understand the chaos of the day. A terrorist bombing at Gran Canaria Airport had forced numerous international flights to divert to the much smaller Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife. Among them were KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, both fully loaded Boeing 747s. A terrorist bombing at Gran Canaria Airport had
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