The two 747s were not the only aircraft that were asked to divert to Tenerife due to the dramatic events that were unfolding ...

In 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on the runway in Tenerife, killing 583 people. It remains the deadliest accident in aviation history. Ukrainian F-16 pilot says Russia's battlefield actions show ...

But the deadliest collision of two aircrafts - and the deadliest aviation accident - is the Tenerife airport disaster which killed 583 people. There were only 61 survivors. The crash took place on ...

On March 27, 1977, dense fog at Tenerife's Los Rodeos Airport caused a tragic collision between two Boeing planes, killing ...

Third, Tenerife’s aviation officials moved most of their flights to a new airport that has ground radar. The odds of an accident like this one were remote to begin with. I really believe it’s ...