In which year did two jumbo jets collide at Tenerife airport, killing 583 people?
Tenerife airport disaster in different countries), namely the season 16 standard length episode "Disaster at Tenerife" and the earlier more in-depth 90 minute feature-length special episode "Crash of the Century". Similar incidents involving two large airliners in collision or near misses when one aircraft was taking off whilst another was occupying the runway include: Tenerife airport disaster On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport), on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people, making it the deadliest accident in
Tenerife North Airport taxiing along the runway. Amongst the passengers and crew on board the two aircraft, all 248 passengers and crew on the KLM flight were killed, along with 335 passengers and crew on the Pan Am flight, but 61 passengers and crew on the Pan Am flight survived. The total death toll was 583 people. Neither flight was originally scheduled to be at the airport; both were scheduled to land at Gran Canaria Airport, but had been diverted to Tenerife North (then Tenerife Los Rodeos) as a result of a bombing at Gran Canaria. Tenerife North Airport Tenerife North Airport ,