Tenerife disaster.

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The Tenerife disaster took place on March 27, 1977, at 17:06:56 local time (also GMT), when two Boeing 747 airliners collided at Los Rodeos (TCI) on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, killing 583 people. The accident still has the highest number of fatalities (excluding ground fatalities) of any single accident in aviation history. The aircraft involved were Pan Am Flight 1736, named Clipper Victor, under the command of Captain Victor Grubbs, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 4805, named Rijn (Rhine River), under the command of Captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten. KLM 4805, taking off on the only runway of the airport, crashed into the Pan Am aircraft which was taxiing on the same runway. Tenerife North Airport (TFN) (then called Los Rodeos - TCI), is situated in the northern part of Tenerife, and is now used mainly for flights within the Canary Islands and flights from the Spanish mainland. We Will remember the People died in the crash. And hope it will never happen again.

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[vonkruel]

It's remarkable to me that the Dutch investigators first tried to pin the blame on the Pan-Am crew. They were harshly critical of the Pan-Am crew's failure to turn off at the correct place. What an absolute failure of common sense!! "Make bloody sure you turn off at the right place, in case one of our pilots decides to take off w/o clearance b/c he's in a fucking hurry!!!" Wow!!! That's powerful stupidity.

At least lessons were learned from this.

[strocman]

Stupid Dutch investigators. Exit 3 is impossible for a 747 to turn! it is only 45 degrees. whereas Exit 4 is 135 degrees and its perfectly possible.

[CoolMCVids]

lol I like how you mixed it with fsx :P

[vonkruel]

@Bubs1469 The co-pilots KNEW there was a problem too - you can see that in the transcript. My attitude towards VZ has softened a bit, because yes he fucked up massively but he also did pay the ultimate price for it (loss of life & ruined reputation). This was a cultural problem too -- the Captain was the "king of the plane", and you better not question him. That's changed, and there were other positive changes that came out of this too - paid for by people's lives.

[Bubs1469]

@vonkruel I totally agree the Dutch act as if their STAR Pilot did nothing wrong but anyone who flies a plane knows that "Flying 101" You must get take off clearance which is not ATC clearance. Van Zantan was an ASSHOLE to begin with I wouldn't have flown a kite with his dumbass much less a 747.

[MobiusSpy]

This is a perfectly epic fail mixed up with a flight simulator, photos, and also my bottle of fanta! LOL

[strocman]

@paolowilblu What in the world?! This is the worst avation disaster in history and you're asking for the song?!

[monstahhh12]

@theschoolofchuck The language barrier should not be an issue. if you want to be a pilot for a major airline or an ATC you have to speak and write fluent English. It is the international language of aviation.

[NaturalHeaven]

R.I.P. all the victims !

And to those who come up with evil comments about "enjoying to see VZ burning alive" : you are SICK ! Nobody deserves to die this way . VZ made his mistakes on that unfortunate day , but there have been many other reasons and causes which led to the disaster .

[RK831]

Why doesn't the reenactment show the burning fuel enter enter KLM's cockpit so we can enjoy watching Captain Van Zanten burn to death?

[NoSpeechForTheDumb]

@pharao707 How do you know he was blond?