This 1977 Plane Crash Occurred Right on the Runway
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- On March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife, Pan Am Flight 1736 was sitting on the taxiway waiting to take off. A thick fog obscured the approach of KLM 4805, as it bore directly towards them.
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Terrorism, bad weather, negligence, passenger delay.. everything odd was against that day
Ashish Sharma true... The cheesehole theory came true.😑
True.
I think 2 people from the Kim flight got of the plane before it crashed
Zac Projects Games no all 248 passengers on the KLM flight were dead
Just Bashing Rc *off
I remember this episode, I think nobody survived on the KLM airliner. The pilot of the KLM plane was actually a famous pilot for his small country. He was very irritated for how long he was waiting. I think the Pan Am’s majority of passengers survived as only the top of their aircraft was torn off.
If you’re watching this before flying for some god awful reason, don’t be afraid. You’ll be okay.
There were only 61 survivors on the pan am flight. In total there were 586 deaths.
At least there are survivors on the Pan Am to tell the tale..
Mike Halve the majority of the pan am flight was killed, over 300 people on pan am, only more than 50 people survived...
Mike Halve yea it killed the rich people’s
Idk if this is true or not but from somewhere I heard that there was a survivor of the KLM flight, but that was because she failed to board the plane, thus missing her flight but also sparing her life as well.
I will never get on a plane if I see the smithsonian crew get on board
Wait what
lol
Same😭
Jahsh Kaushal ironic
You have fear of riding planes??
Can you imagine being a passenger on the Pan Am plane and seeing another plane speeding towards you? To know you're about to die and not being able to do anything about it is so tragic and heartbreaking. So much loss of life in an instant.. I wouldn't be surprised if that airport is haunted.
Sort of like looking out the window of the Titanic and seeing an iceberg!
@@coolfred9083 that wouldn't compare to seeing a 747 speeding at you
What’s worse is that a lot of people on the Pan Am flight survived the initial impact but suffocated or ere killed by the after blasts
yeah man just imagine a guy flying a small plane and he can see 2 phantom 747s colliding with each other
Edit: Sorry i said phantom jets i should’ve said phantom planes for 747s but now i changed it
@@coolfred9083 you're a dumbass
Fun Fact: This particular Pan Am 747 not only flew the inaugural commercial flight of its kind, but it was also the first 747 delivered to an airline and also the first to be hijacked.
Also the first 747 to land in Cuba
@@maxxlax-16 nice to know that highjacking went well
@@mault1998a hijacking going well isn't nice
@@Triplane1234i think he means the hijacking failed and they successfully landed
@@Afanofplanes oh okay
My kindergarten teacher was actually on the Pan Am and was one of those killed in it. Still remember after all these years.
Wow.... thats sad...
thats very sad
I’m sorry for you
Damn...😔
Damn I hope the better for you🕊️
The KLM pilot was a famous pilot in his country and he had a reputation to up-hold. KLM had a policy in place where they had a time limit for pilot to get to each destination. This caused the KLM pilot to be impatient. Like a famous pilot cannot be late to his destination otherwise it would look very bad for him.
This policy has be removed by KLM and I think all other airline company has removed it too after this incident.
It was due to heavy sanctions regarding the policies surrounding how long pilots were allowed to be working for prior to resting I believe. Fatigue being the stipulating factor, as it reduces pilots situation awareness as evident in this occurrence. The sanctions were rather severe and the pilots could have incurred jail time if found guilty of malfeasance.
We can all see what good his pride did for him and how it killed hundreds of people. Why is it that people like him fail to look to wisdom of the long term vs. the anxiety of the short term? You'll actually see this same problem with truckers nowadays for the past few years. They are only allowed to drive in 10 hour spurts or can get fired (gps logistics tracking will catch them). This spurs the behavior for the truckers to be very reckless, often changing lanes last minute with many going all the way over to the fast lane on a 4 lane highway...while going uphill even at times. Needless to say it's caused a lot of deaths on the freeway. All because of this poorly (un)thought-out policy.
That was a matter of Dutch law, not KLM policy.
@@phyrr2why are you blaming one pilot alone? It was a freak incident involving BOTH the air traffic control tower and KLM cockpit + low visibility
A note of trivia about this crash: the Pan Am 747 was the very first 747 to go into service in 1969.
First commerical 747 in 1970
Also the first to be hijacked.
That plate was quite unlucky 😂
@@emmaherron5121 *plane
Wasted
This was the world’s most avoidable air collision
It was technically a ground collision.
Runway collation
IDK some of the planes that fly into the MT seem pretty avoidable
Its technically a car crash tbh
@@BTSIMULATIONISBEST wrong! "Runway collision"! Not collation lol.
Remember that crash as if it were yesterday, My brother met one of the few survivors (PanAm flight attendant). I actually visited Tenerife and saw the site of the crash (older airport).
ultramet are you spanish
Wdym by (older airport)?
Hoes Eye Limb I know Los Rodeos is still a functioning airport. It's just that Tenerife South airport is the busier of the two airports on the island.
India Salmon Yes I know and also more high tech
Alan H out of over 700 people, only 77 survived, all of them from the Pan Am flight. Noone on the KLM jet survived.
first officer's acting was so natural.
How to survive every disaster:
Be the camera crew
A person LOL
cool i want to be camera crew and enter the black hole
CGI: "Am I a joke to you?"
Its godmod
@Santino Gomez blackbox can survive and save all the datas it recorded, unfortunately some black boxes did not survived and saved all the datas or they couldn’t be found by people. If the aircraft’s impact is extremely violent, the blackbox could be destroyed.
And this is why all ATC and pilots now are trained to never use the word “takeoff” on the radio, unless it’s the phrase “clear for takeoff”. Now if they want to say “after takeoff” like the ATC did in this case, they must say “after departure” so the pilots wont misunderstand it as “clear for takeoff”
Better yet don't discuss what happens after takeoff until takeoff clearance is given
@@philliptaylor4544 thats impossible, you need an IFR clearence prior to departure, which among other things contains your departure route information, so you know for instance what headings, altitudes and SID procedures to follow - that kind of information would be impossible for the pilots to comprehend because of the high workload during takeoff and initial climb
@@YAB116 didn't know thanks for educating! At least a lesson was learned
I think this is dumb they should automate the whole process so there isn't even a chance for a breakdown in communication cause there is none.
You have an ipad in your pilots seat and the whole procedure is made out of checklists. Once everything under the sun is checked by the computer or someone else or the pilot depending on who's responsibility it is you can't move to the next step.
@@YAB116 they also did not allow them to say ok as after he said ok, KLM flight only heard static
"That idiot's comin'!"
Heh, that's not what he *really* said...
Hahahaha LOL
what did he say?
THAT SONOVABITCH IS COMIN’ STRAIGHT AT US!
he said (that means they,re comin)
"I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue."
The pilot, the co-pilot and the flight engineer were among the 61 people of the Pan-Am plane that survived the disaster. No doubt the events of that day haunted them for the rest of their lives.
The impatience of Veldhuyzen van Zanten, the heavy fog and the communication errors from ATC all culminated into the worst aviation disaster ever.
There's a part of the investigation wherein pilots heard Football match in background of ATC. That is why I hate colleagues who dont take their job seriously and are just after the money.
@@merickclareSpain was playing the Netherlands in a friendly. I’m sure that had no bearing on anything that day.
RIP Robert Bragg 1938-2017
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Clagger Greater I don’t get how everyone died on the klm flight.... it seems that pan am suffered more damage
RIP Victor Grubbs 1920-1995
The longer version of this story contains a subplot about three friends returning from vacation on the KLM flight. One of the friends decided to get off that KLM flight as they found a quicker home off that island. She was the only person on that flight list that survived.
Final destination 6
KLM barbie jessyca ddvac @ 👄🥳🎂😛
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No she just decided to say because she needs also to return to Tenerrifie the next day plus her boyfriens is also in the island.
Impatience should never be something you bring with you while flying a plane, concentrate on what matters. You live.
who r u talking to u weirdo
@@ohh2752 to me
@@hixxing i can just tell by ur profile u ain't flyin no plane lmao
@@ohh2752 i can just tell by ur reply u aint getting no bitches
I love how the airplane's nose lifted up without any movement of elevator at 2:46
Yep
Well
Full Speed with Max flaps cause the plane lift but not completely lift without GS150 - 180
Well you can still get elevation with just the flaps but yeah the elavator would be moving hard for that angle of attack.
I hope someone got fired for that
What's an elevator on a plane?
Dude! Finish the story! Don't leave us hanging!
Sara Diab search worst plane accident on yt you Will find it
You must be living under a rock if you hadent seen any find of documentary about this accident
Dude, learn history of the worst...& Many more if Love Aviation
Sara Diab It was on Smithsonian Channel last night 1/21/18 and will be repeated. There are many documentaries on line, about this historical tragedy "the deadliest airplane disaster of all time,"
Everyone onboard the KLM died and only 61 people survived onboard the Pan Am flight
The KLM plane would’ve cleared them if it hadn’t taken on an extra 55 tons of fuel before they taxied
How would they make it to their location if they didn't refuel?
@@yiannisgaming03 It's standard to only refuel what you need, they were going to the nearby island. They refuel to get them back to the Netherlands to save time. By itself, not a condemning mistake but in this scenario it probably would've made a world of difference
@@yiannisgaming03 They had enough fuel to get to the Canary Islands. The KLM pilot was worried about their duty time limits, so to save time he chose to refuel on Tenerife. That way, when they got to the Canary Islands, they could offload the passengers, take on a new load of passengers, and then leave right away and get back to the Netherlands in time. But they didn't count on the airport reopening so quickly. And by refueling where he was, it prevented the Pan Am from being able to get past them by 12 inches of wingtip clearance.
@@pomerlain8924 Tenerife is PART of the Canary Islands. They were already on the Canary islands. Only one of the 7 island of the archipelago was closed because of a terrorist attack, which was the KLM's destination. Hence everybody was rerouted to Tenerife. Time it takes with that plane to make it from one of the islands to the next is less than 5 minutes. But because their destination airport was closed, and they were in a rush because of a dutch work hour law, they decided to refuel prematurely, and right after the fuel tank arrived, their destination airport was reopened, but pan am didn't have wingtip clearance, hence it backfired not only for the pan am, but the klm too, cuz he was sucking on a fuel hose rather than being on the move. And then the KLM ace pilot jumped the gun.
@@yiannisgaming03 they took on more fuel than what they needed
This was so very heartbreaking. May they Forever Rest In Peace
to this day every accident board outside of the one from KLM lays MOST of the blame for this accident on the KLM pilot.
woody4077 well, thats not too weird right?
I lay te blame on bad equipment which caused heterodynes, The ATC for choosing a to sharp exit for Clipper Victor, and a stupid family that was to late. If it wasn’t for that family the plane had left before the fig rolled over.
Baconcorde _ i blame the terrorist who killed someone with a bomb he caused this
woody4077 I know right?!
Literally everyone blames fucking Van Zanten (KLM Captain) for taking off without clearance from the tower.
But the Dutch and KLM blame the Pan Am pilots for not turning off at the right taxi way which was 2 175 degree angle turns if I’m correct that is impossible for a 747 to make. I guess you could also fault the tower controller for not being clear as to which taxiway he wanted Pan Am to turn off on, but the fact remains that the blame lies on Van Zanten for taking off without clearance from the tower
@@roblosonic505 I believe the KLM crew misunderstood a message...
The person in the tower used "take-off" in his sentence and they thought they were allowed to take off
I heard this story as a fun fact. About 7-9 months before this moment, there was a US Government meeting discussing the installation of the latest nuclear reactors that was the be used when fully built. The main presenter insisted that these new nuclear reactors were so safe, that the odds of one melting down was the same as if 2 fully loaded 747s ran into each other headlong at full speed in the Canary Islands. "While on the ground!" He decided to add to prove his point just how safe these new reactors were going to be.
Wtf
Having a hard time believing this is true, especially with the location being added. But if it is true, then wow.
The irony of it is that Three Mile Island happened only a few years after this, although I don't think those were new at the time.
Either this a completely fake story, or the best proof of time travel we have. Take your pic.
@@Tracymmo I recall with the story that he added the location because there were very few if any 747s landing on the canary islands at the time. Which would further increase the "odds" of a meltdown.
KLM's policy caused this. the KLM captain wouldn't have been in a rush without it
The policy didn't "cause" it you idiot. That's like saying, people wanting to travel to the Canary islands caused it. There wouldn't be any flights if nobody went there.
What about the terrorist attack that caused both planes to be stuck at that tiny airport in Tenerife anyway? Neither planes were going to Tenerife, only to Gran Canaria.
If he hadn't spent time in refueling unnecessarily more than enough fuel then he wouldn't be in the situation anyways
@@greatking5214 The rule is only carry the amount of fuel you need to get to your destination, plus a couple more hours should you need to divert. His refueling blocked the Pan Am crew from being able to get past him. And if he hadn't fueled up, the plane is probably light enough to lift off sooner and clear the Pan Am.
0:10 that guy spins the pencil the way a kid would
"Okay. standby for take-off, I will call you."
Directly due to a heterodyne all the KLM captain heard was the word, "okay".
Worst of the 20th & hope it holds that way thru the 21st
isnt 911 already the worst air disaster? Or are each plane counted separate disasters? or is it a disaster after all?
paperitgel98 the September 11th attacks are not classified in the same category as this because they are terror attacks when this was an accident
It’s not the same kind of disaster and yes each plane would be a separate disaster. The amount of passengers in any one of those planes doesn’t even begin to compare with the amount on 2 747s
Several of aviation's worst accidents happened in the 20th century:
- Tenerife disaster (Worst aviation accident, at 583 deaths)
- Japan Airlines flight 123 (Worst single plane accident, at 520 deaths)
-Charkhi-Dadri midair collision (Worst aviation accident with zero survivors, at 349 deaths from both airplanes)
- Turkish Airlines flight 981 (Worst single plane accident without survivors, at 346 deaths)
45 years later, it's still the deadliest aviation disaster in history.
2:26 the moment when he sounded like heavy from TF2
I remember this vividly, I was stationed at Ft. Chaffed Arkansas in the summer of 77. It was all over the News.
The whole story is not here but this whole thing was so sad. It made me very angry at the KLM captain. He was in a hurry because he was nearing his flight limits and wanted to make it home before his time ran out. Well, he didn't make it home.
He literally took off without clearance and without consulting his crew in any possible way...
What makes this accident more terrifying that like the infamous Concorde accident 23 years later, the planes especially KLM were at the Mark V point. In other words they were at the speed required for take off & that couldn't be aborted.
2:57 terrifying
Point of view: is September 11th 2001 you look outside your window on the World Trade Center and you see this
The ATC frickin' told the KLM to stanby!
@Laika24102007 he did't have take off clearance. Period
Its honestly crazy that the first officer for the PAN AM flight is still alive
It's one of those "If I am going to die I am taking the other plane (bastards) with me" just another day on runway.
The fact I learned this from TikTok and not school is sad
How tf did u find this on tiktok?
What is tickttock?
French Peppa IDK
Antoni0the0g •1000000 years ago oh I don’t know
2:30 it’s sad to see passengers panic, only to see death later when they don’t expect it.
That was just crazy! Searching for the full episode ASAP
Search worst crash of the history on TH-cam it will come
Dave crash of the century
I believe that's the name of the full episode
Dave here is the episode: www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ixi6l
Dave are y'all saying there's full versions of these Smithsonian videos? Or are y'all referring to other creators content? Because I've only seen short 2-3min Smithsonian videos... But would enjoy full length documentaries since it's usually well produced. Thanks.
search on dailymotion! There you have all different accidents, I watsh them every day!! links: www.dailymotion.com/video/x3c9h9r www.dailymotion.com/video/x5wzyqk this one is the rest of this clip:: www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ji67e and also you have: www.dailymotion.com/video/x6cmxgi
Bragg:
I Think he's Moving
Victor:
Look at Him, *that idiot's coming!*
lol
When i saw the crew being interviewed i was like Phew it cant be that bad right 😅
2 mins later i found i was very very wrong...
that idet coming at 2:22 best acting ever who is that guy and the rest pliots in this video
I remember reading about this in readers digest (Tragedy at Tenerife) about a month after it happened. Scared the wits out of me. But a very well written article. Sad that it had to be written at all.
As most news are.
Respect the if the cameraman Survive the plane crash I hope the cameraman survive to the Tenerife
There needs to be a more detailed animation of this, like facing the other way to see how the KLM came to rest. I'm curious what happened to the nose section because it looks like it had a chance for the people and pilots to survive, but when you see the KLM wreckage, there's nothing that even resembles the nose section. Like, are these animations too vague and possibly the nose section didnt just break free and slide? Maybe it hit the runway hard and broke up? Or did it indeed slide but the burning wing section slide onto it and lit it ablaze? I realize nobody truly knows but we can get a fairly accurate model
The pilots are brave for reenacting the horrific things that happened to them that day.
Those aren't the same pilots that were in the actual crash...
This was a disaster waiting to happen. The airport was not meant to handle the amount of air traffic that got diverted to it.
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Pilot: THAT IDIOTS COMIN
Wow, what an original joke!
@@Subiwu when I say 16 years ago I thought WTF HOW until I saw what was next to ot
I can't imagine what would've happened if the 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident turned into a mid-air collision...those poor souls of 677 people, with all of them dead, making it the world's new deadliest aviation accident.
Just imagine sitting in front of Pan Am while gasing up and saying "We'll see you shortly again when we slam into you on the runway"
Pan Am= "That's twice we got screwed"
People blame pilots but you got to remember that a lot of things weren’t that good before like tech and now it is.
Pilot: COMMON TAKEOFF
Plane: *N O*
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Bro, I just love the way your videos are short and illustrative.
Thanks for uploading.
Keep up the great work.
0:23 why do they have to be in front of them
The moment I heard "Tenerife" I went, "Oh no. Oh god."
Tenerife still goes down as one of the worst air disasters ever to happen
no actually the worst
Is it possible at 1:54 when ATC says 'Report Runway Clear', and the Pan Am first officer replies 'okay we'll report WHEN WE'RE clear'
If you hear it fast the "when we're" sounds a lot like the word "Runway" from their accents and the ATC or probably the KLM captain not being used to american english accent might interpret it as Pan Am saying they 'Report runway clear' meaning the Runway is already cleared.
Communication is indeed a huge factor in aviation
OH MY GOD WHY DIDNT THE RADAR GUYS TELL THEM TO STOP
What radar guys? Radar is for air not ground. And they had no visual of the two planes, and there was miscommunication all over the place.
No ground radar in little airports these old days...
Plus, the ATC couldn’t had seen the two plane because of the intense fog in the island.
He reached V1 allready? Non-About speed???
So why would he
The go to animation for this disaster. Absolutely outstanding.
“God I hope he misses us.” Cuts to the planes colliding in flames
ATC GUY:Clearly says.Stand By to Take Off...I will call you.
Now What These Pilots do Is Really Embarrassing.
R.I.P. PAN AM AIRWAYS!✈✈✈
Killed by the pilots pan am...
And the golfe war... 😅😂🤣
@@jeanrassy1120 killed by klm
@@eshan0013 and first gulf war...
I remember that my aunt lived out in California at the time and there were a lot of well-off Californians on the plane. She was talking about all the estate sales they were having from the folks who died. Still creeps me out. 😢
This was playing on a TV at the boarding gate of a flight departing from Soekarno-Hatta
42 years ago today......Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.....George Santayana
- And many others.
That quote has no author. We don't know where it's from.
@Shadow0013 ........”The Life of Reason” -Santayana (1905).....the quote is attributed to Santayana, since it appeared in print. So yes, we do have a written form. Other individuals, including Winston Churchill, paraphrased the quote, and used it in speeches.
@@mastro4065 Apparently you didn't understand it. This phrase was used in the middle ages as well, we know Julius Caesar used it too. So it is not attributed to anybody at all. We don't know who used it first.
@Shadow0013 .......Yes, I in fact do understand what was written in Santayana’s book. It is not difficult to read the words. Yes, I am sure that Ugg the caveman at some earlier time in history muttered something similar, but I was QUOTING Santayana.
@@mastro4065 But by that exact logic, you quoted someone else.
What really happened is the tower said "ok, hold for takeoff" and at the same time the Pan am pilot said "no wait, we're still on the runway" and that interfere with each other and only "ok, takeoff" is heard by the KLM pilot
Still no take off permision
They have amazing effects (I’m not lying)
None of this would've happened if those dutch regulators hadn't been so harsh on dutch pilots!
Agreed.
Thank you.
When will these people learn? Never board a plane with a camera crew on board...
It’s klm’s fault cause in atoher video they disobeyed the order from the atc so the took off without clearance
Immediately after lining up, the KLM captain advanced the throttles and the aircraft started to move forward.[31] First officer Meurs advised him that ATC clearance had not yet been given, and captain Veldhuyzen van Zanten responded: "No, I know that. Go ahead, ask." Meurs then radioed the tower that they were "ready for takeoff" and "waiting for our ATC clearance". The KLM crew then received instructions which specified the route that the aircraft was to follow after takeoff. The instructions used the word "takeoff," but did not include an explicit statement that they were cleared for takeoff.
Meurs read the flight clearance back to the controller, completing the readback with the statement: "We are now at takeoff."[3] Captain Veldhuyzen van Zanten interrupted the co-pilot's read-back with the comment, "We're going."[3]
The controller, who could not see the runway due to the fog, initially responded with "OK" (terminology which is nonstandard), which reinforced the KLM captain's misinterpretation that they had takeoff clearance. The controller's response of "OK" to the co-pilot's nonstandard statement that they were "now at takeoff" was likely due to his misinterpretation that they were in takeoff position and ready to begin the roll when takeoff clearance was received, but not in the process of taking off. The controller then immediately added "stand by for takeoff, I will call you",[3] indicating that he had not intended the clearance to be interpreted as a takeoff clearance.[32]
**A simultaneous radio call from the Pan Am crew caused mutual interference on the radio frequency, which was audible in the KLM cockpit as a 3-second-long shrill sound, (or heterodyne). This caused the KLM crew to miss the crucial latter portion of the tower's response.** The Pan Am crew's transmission was "We're still taxiing down the runway, the Clipper 1736!". This message was also blocked by the interference and inaudible to the KLM crew. Either message, if heard in the KLM cockpit, would have alerted the crew to the situation and given them time to abort the takeoff attempt.[33]
Due to the fog, neither crew was able to see the other plane on the runway ahead of them. In addition, neither of the aircraft could be seen from the control tower, and the airport was not equipped with ground radar.[3]
KarlosBricks Damn so all would have been provented if radio calls weren't blocked.
ITS KLM’s ATC and pan am’s fault
New Sounds they didn’t disobey they miss heard the controller and thought they could takeoff
Stchu how is it pan am s fault. The klm crew took off pan am was trying to get off the runway they were trying to save the plane not crash it so it’s klm s fault
The way that ATC guy twirls his pencil is exhilarating
When The A Passenger Or Crew Gets Interviewed Eveyone Gets A Sign Of Relief That Some Survived The Crash ✈️️💥
I wonder if the ATC had nightmares about this? It was clearly their fault and even PanAm Pilots did a great job trying to avoid this disaster?
The sad fact is there were actually survivors on the panam plane that needed help but the emergency crews got to the klm plane first and had no idea about the panam until 20 minutes after the crash. I know hindsight is 20/20 but it sad to think about the fact that more ppl from the panam could have been saved but the fog prevented anyone from even knowing what actually happened
KLM should never refuel on the runway. Then they clear KLM after giving authorization for runway taxi. Conflict here. Right turn clyde!
2:50 Oof. Tailstrike
The KLM plane would’ve taken off if they just waited for right speed. The tailstrike made the speed slow to increase.
Miles Acoba - If I remember correctly, the tail strike was caused by KLM trying to get airborne to clear PanAm.
I have always wondered about that! I wish I could afford some time on a few super computers to run a simulation.
But what if they had hit the Panam before getting to the right speed before rotating? Things could have been much worse.
A follow up with info of what occurred afterward would be nice, obviously the narrating Captain survived, but the rest of the story would make these more complete
I find it a little hard to believe that no one on the KLM plane survived (since there were survivors from the Pan Am flight); you would think there would be at least a couple. However, it is understandable at the same time since the plane had refueled and therefore burned up much more quickly, giving nobody a chance to escape.
But in the klm plane there was one survivor because she left the plane after it diverted to tenerife
That is true. But I was referring to the actual collision, not the entire diversion ordeal in general. What that woman did though, indeed saved her life since she wasn't on the plane during the crash.@@JamesWallgren-ze6bf
@@JamesWallgren-ze6bfshe really just said "fuck this shit"
So basically the pilot having no patience caused all these people to die smh
Its not the pilots fault dumbass he thought he has clearence when he didnt
@@osmanmohiuddin2483 Lol you keyboard warriors are so adorable. Yes im a dumbass I guess since you said so.
@@TampaArieswhat do u mean keaboard warriors??
@@TampaAries who listens to ole heads in 2019
@@osmanmohiuddin2483 I know man...love u tho
I clearly remember thentime that i was so obsessed on aeroplane crash vids especially this vid
Why do they never finish the story
because smart people will watch the actual documentary not the trailer
I read about this disaster in high school in a book written by one of the surviving passengers. They even had a picture of him with his clothes splattered with blood.
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I investigated a lot of crashes like this. Instead of putting on the brakes and stopping, they speed up to try to miss them while the other ship speeds up to miss them too, actually steering in the collision course. If you can't back up, don't try to make it across.
that grandpa that prayed was the definition of brave
3:07, did it really go down like that
Yes.
God those passengers
Yes it took off but slammed into the ground due to it colliding with Pan Am
so sad'n deeply touching with welming sence of anger for one to comment down.
I'M feelingly crushed and torn.
By the way I've watched it several times, only today i could write something
The KLM engineer heard to PAN AM say "the new report when we cleared" and still, he did not order to stop. It's so sad!! 😪
the KLM engineer heard it, but he asked the pilot to make sure that the Pan Am is out or not
of which ofc the Pan Am didn't, but the pilot said they did
that guy thought he was clear to take off if i had the chance to fire him i would
The description above isn’t even remotely accurate. The Pan Am was NOT sitting still. It was taxiing down the runway, when the impatient KLM pilot took off without actual permission and crashed into them. There, fixed it.
When you realize somthing like this can still happen today as it was pilot error and ignorance that caused it
My grandfather saw the crash from the terminal in the airports, and after his flight home, he was to traumatized to fly on a plane ever again
My mum when she was 0 years old she was on pan am she survided
if she didnt survived that day then she wouldnt be ur mom kid
@@calvinnotklein6368 shut up, do not say that word to a kid.
Dude, I saw u saying your best friend was on, and I highly doubt your mum was on there.
0 years old😅 Kid you might be skipping school
Okay just gonna say I don't believe you
A silly mistake done by a pilot
"Silly"
Silly? More like a FATAL mistake
Tata Hexa A "silly" mistake that KILLED 583 PEOPLE, and is the deadliest airplane crash in all of aviation history.
*ATC, not pilot.
ItsVery Dank it was the pilots fault. Atc were doing their best with the situation and this was before the days of standardized communications. It's 100% on the KLM captain.
In the Pan Am (66 survivors)
In the KLM (no survivors)
3:07
Unbelievable, death right at the very beginning
2:03 why u looking at me huh
Hahahahahah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on 27 March 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport[1] (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife.[2][3] The collision occurred when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run in dense fog while Pan Am Flight 1736 was still on the runway. The impact and the resulting fire killed all 248 people on board the KLM plane and 335 of the 396 people on board the Pan Am plane, with only 61 survivors in the front section of the latter aircraft. With a total of 583 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history.[2][3]
Tenerife airport disaster
KLM Flight 4805 · Pan Am Flight 1736
Wreckage of the KLM aircraft on the runway
at Los Rodeos
Accident
Date
27 March 1977
Summary
Runway collision
Site
Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
28°28′53.94″N 16°20′18.24″W
Total fatalities
583
Total injuries
61
Total survivors
61
First aircraft
PH-BUF, the KLM Boeing 747-206B
involved in the accident
Type
Boeing 747-206B
Name
Rijn ("Rhine")
Operator
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
IATA flight No.
KL4805
ICAO flight No.
KLM4805
Call sign
KLM 4805
Registration
PH-BUF
Flight origin
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
Gran Canaria Airport
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Occupants
248
Passengers
234
Crew
14
Fatalities
248
Survivors
0
Second aircraft
N736PA, the Pan Am Boeing 747-121
involved in the accident
Type
Boeing 747-121
Name
Clipper Victor
Operator
Pan American World Airways
IATA flight No.
PA1736
ICAO flight No.
PAA1736
Call sign
CLIPPER 1736
Registration
N736PA
Flight origin
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles, United States
Stopover
John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States
Destination
Gran Canaria Airport
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Occupants
396
Passengers
380
Crew
16
Fatalities
335
Injuries
61
Survivors
61
The two aircraft had landed at Los Rodeos earlier in the day, and were among a number of aircraft diverted to Los Rodeos due to a bomb explosion at their intended destination of Gran Canaria Airport. The airport had become congested with parked airplanes blocking the only taxiway, forcing departing aircraft to taxi on the runway. Patches of thick fog were drifting across the airfield, so visibility was greatly reduced for pilots and the control tower.[2][3]
The subsequent investigation by Spanish authorities concluded that the primary cause of the accident was the KLM captain's decision to take off in the mistaken belief that a takeoff clearance from air traffic control (ATC) had been issued.[4] Dutch investigators placed a greater emphasis on a mutual misunderstanding in radio communications between the KLM crew and ATC,[5] but ultimately KLM admitted that their crew was responsible for the accident and the airline agreed to financially compensate the relatives of all of the victims.[6]
The disaster had a lasting influence on the industry, highlighting in particular the vital importance of using standardized phraseology in radio communications. Cockpit procedures were also reviewed, contributing to the establishment of crew resource management as a fundamental part of airline pilots' training.[7] The captain is no longer considered infallible, and combined crew input is encouraged during aircraft operations.[8]