Two Boeing 747s, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided in fog on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife on 27 March 1977, after both had been diverted there by a bomb at Las Palmas. The KLM jet began its takeoff without clearance and struck the Pan Am aircraft as it taxied on the same runway, killing 583 people, the deadliest accident in aviation history; 61 people on the Pan Am aircraft survived.
2 video perspectives
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9:07
On 27 March 1977, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, both diverted to Los Rodeos by a bomb at Las Palmas, collided in fog on the Tenerife runway.
Published 3 Jan 2021
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42:37
This Mayday episode follows Spanish, Dutch and American investigators as they reconstruct how a KLM 747 and a Pan Am 747 collided in fog at Tenerife in March 1977.
Published 6 May 2024