Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780557451791)

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.

Author: Allistair Fitzgerald
ISBN-10: 0557451795
ISBN-13: 9780557451791
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2010
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d