Two Boeing 747 aircraft collide on a runway in the Canary Islands. In this part, find out what caused these two planes to collide creating the worst accident in aviation history.

Thanks again to Jen for being a guest for this accident!

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/when-a-klm-boeing-747-collided-with-a-pan-am-boeing-747-remembering-the-tenerife-airport-disaster-the-deadliest-incident-in-aviation-history/

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Research Sources:

http://www.project-tenerife.com/engels/PDF/Tenerife.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20110715122130/http://www.project-tenerife.com/engels/PDF/alpa.pdf

https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/232/1081/finaldutchreport.pdf

Hebert, Chantal, director. Airline Disaster: Crash of the Century. Amazon.com, 2005, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077GV6RHP?autoplay=1&ref=dvm_us_api_cs_hud_pa_GWRD-singleCW&pf_rd_r=88WP1EW1Q3P10S7KN21C&pf_rd_p=651fb62f-3ad5-49a2-bdc3-adf988c8fd9f.

“Disaster at Tenerife.” Air Disasters, season 10, episode 3, Smithsonian Channel, 21 Jan. 2018.