Tenerife airport disaster KLM Flight 4805 · Pan Am Flight 1736|
Date | March 27, 1977 |
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Summary | Pilot error, runway incursion, heavy fog, limitations and failures in communication |
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Site | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
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Total fatalities | 583 |
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Total injuries | 61 |
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Total survivors | 61 |
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A Pan Am Boeing 747-121 similar to the one involved | Type | Boeing 747–121 |
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Name | Clipper Victor |
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Operator | Pan American World Airways |
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Registration | N736PA[2] |
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Flight origin | Los Angeles Int'l Airport Los Angeles, United States |
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Stopover | John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport New York City, United States |
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Destination | Gran Canaria Airport Canary Islands, Spain |
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Occupants | 396 |
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Passengers | 380 |
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Crew | 16 |
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Fatalities | 335 |
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Injuries | 61 |
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Survivors | 61 |
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PH-BUF, the KLM Boeing 747-206B involved in the accident | Type | Boeing 747-206B |
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Name | Rijn ("Rhine") |
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Operator | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
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Registration | PH-BUF[3] |
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Flight origin | Schiphol Airport Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Destination | Gran Canaria Airport Canary Islands, Spain |
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Occupants | 248 |
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Passengers | 234 |
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Crew | 14 |
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Fatalities | 248 |
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Survivors | 0 |
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Tenerife airport disaster KLM Flight 4805 · Pan Am Flight 1736|
Date | March 27, 1977 |
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Summary | Pilot error, runway incursion, heavy fog, limitations and failures in communication |
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Site | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
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Total fatalities | 583 |
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Total injuries | 61 |
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Total survivors | 61 |
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A Pan Am Boeing 747-121 similar to the one involved | Type | Boeing 747–121 |
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Name | Clipper Victor |
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Operator | Pan American World Airways |
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Registration | N736PA[2] |
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Flight origin | Los Angeles Int'l Airport Los Angeles, United States |
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Stopover | John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport New York City, United States |
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Destination | Gran Canaria Airport Canary Islands, Spain |
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Occupants | 396 |
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Passengers | 380 |
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Crew | 16 |
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Fatalities | 335 |
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Injuries | 61 |
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Survivors | 61 |
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PH-BUF, the KLM Boeing 747-206B involved in the accident | Type | Boeing 747-206B |
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Name | Rijn ("Rhine") |
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Operator | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
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Registration | PH-BUF[3] |
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Flight origin | Schiphol Airport Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Destination | Gran Canaria Airport Canary Islands, Spain |
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Occupants | 248 |
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Passengers | 234 |
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Crew | 14 |
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Fatalities | 248 |
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Survivors | 0 |
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