KLM reported, “After the emergency landing at the airport, the Boeing 737 veered off the runway into the grass at low speed. All 176 passengers and 6 crew members were unharmed and were taken ...

What caused the deadliest plane crash in world history. On a small holiday island, a chain of events unfolded that culminated in the worst plane crash of all time, forever changing how we fly.

The remains of the KLM jumbo jet that collided with a Pan Am Jumbo at Los Rodeos airport, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Mar. 27, 1977. Five hundred and eighty-three people died in the world’s worst ...

Tenerife airport disaster ... The KLM plane was groping around in the fog as it moved down the runway while the Pan Am followed down the runway also, ...

But 583 were killed, the worst aviation disaster in history. ... That forced air traffic, including the Pan Am and KLM jets, to divert to Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife Island, ...

NEARLY 50 years on, the Tenerife Airport disaster remains the world’s worst-ever jet crash after 583 were killed in a fireball collision during takeoff. Harrowing images show flames erupting … ...

The Northbrook couple survived the world's worst aviation disaster, ... the 1977 collision of a Pan American 747 jumbo jet and a KLM 747 jumbo jet at the Los Rodeos Airport in Santa Cruz de ...

An Air Canada flight narrowly avoided disaster Saturday night when it landed at a Nova Scotia airport — but skidded down the runway and caught fire after a landing gear failure. Earlier, KLM ...

The 1977 disaster saw 583 killed when a KLM Boeing 747 attempted to take off from fog-bound Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, only to smash into a Pan Am 747 that was sitting across the runway ...

What happened in the Tenerife Airport Disaster. KLM flight 4805, carrying 248 passengers and crew, was attempting to take off from the same runway where Pan Am flight 1736, which had 396 people on ...

The Tenerife Airport Disaster is now considered the deadliest plane accident on record after killing 583 people onboard. ... After an investigation into the crash, KLM accepted responsibility, ...