Two chartered Boeing 747 jumbo jets collided and burst into flames on a foggy runway at this Canary Island resort.

Amazingly, 61 on board the Pan Am 747 ultimately survived. But 583 were killed, the worst aviation disaster in history. That was a quarter century ago this week, on March 27, 1977.

Tenerife North Airport formerly Los Rodeos Airport was the scene of the deadliest plane crash when 583 people lost their lives The Pan Am Boeing 747-100 before disaster struck (WikiCommons) ...

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 … ...

Alexander was a passenger on Pan Am flight 1477, one of two Boeing 747 jumbo jets that collided on the island of Tenerife in March 1977, killing more than 583 passengers and crew.

The world's worst air disaster happened more than 40 years ago on a remote Atlantic Ocean island, when two fully loaded 747 passenger jets collided after a horrendous series of human errors. One of ...

This day in history, March 27: 583 people killed after a KLM Boeing 747 crashes into a Pan Am 747 on an airport runway on the Canary Island of Tenerife ...

Frozen in a Burning 747 (Tenerife Air Disaster 2) Two airplanes have just collided on the runway at Tenerife Airport. Show more 17 January 2025 Available now 34 minutes ...

David Boitano/For Bay Area News GroupDavid Alexander, who survived an aviation disaster in 1977, held a booklaunch party at the Ballena Bay Yacht Club in Alameda this month.