Author : Allistair Fitzgerald
Release : 2010-05-14
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 795/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever by : Allistair Fitzgerald
Download or read book Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever written by Allistair Fitzgerald. This book was released on 2010-05-14. 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.