Tenerife was a dangerous place to fly to in the 1970s and early 1980s. Dangerous enough that a second commercial airport had already been built on the south part of the island, away from the fog and terrain. To my knowledge, there has not been a major crash at Tenerife since this one in 1980.
I remember this very well. This was back when the BBC put out superb quality journalism and was not just a propaganda department for the government of the day as it is now.
Arthur Whelan, the pilot was a friend of my father. I actually remember him standing in our kitchen saying landing at Tenerife was his least favourite operation. RIP, Arthur, you would have done your best..
The ATC obviously wasn't trained probably enough to have been left working by himself apparently he gave the same fatal instructions to a Britannia Boeing 737 and a British airtours but fortunately they chose to ignore him and landed safely . Alot of nice people died that day who were looking forward to a lovely holiday RIP
I remember this crash my sister and her partner should have been on board he worked for Dan air and could get cheap flights but as they could not sit together they decided to travel elsewhere me and my family thought they were on board and my mother was distraught l had the task of speaking to the emergency team set up to handle enquiries thank the Lord they made that last minute descion and respect to the victims of this tragedy.
had the crew queried the terrible instructions,plus had it been a clear day the pilots would have known they were heading towards the mountain....rip all that were lost
1977 had two jumbos crash , collide, that was Tenerife worst accident by far, worst than this one as jumbo x 2 so a lot people were killed, due to fog and lack of Tower speaking clear English, plus klm captain was in a rush to take off
Tenerife was a dangerous place to fly to in the 1970s and early 1980s. Dangerous enough that a second commercial airport had already been built on the south part of the island, away from the fog and terrain. To my knowledge, there has not been a major crash at Tenerife since this one in 1980.
BloomingOnion Sunday March 27,1977
I remember this very well. This was back when the BBC put out superb quality journalism and was not just a propaganda department for the government of the day as it is now.
Arthur Whelan, the pilot was a friend of my father. I actually remember him standing in our kitchen saying landing at Tenerife was his least favourite operation. RIP, Arthur, you would have done your best..
The ATC obviously wasn't trained probably enough to have been left working by himself apparently he gave the same fatal instructions to a Britannia Boeing 737 and a British airtours but fortunately they chose to ignore him and landed safely . Alot of nice people died that day who were looking forward to a lovely holiday RIP
Is it me or at 0.48 there's a body showing. It might be wreckage but doesn't look like that to me. It's the white square part
Sadly not great.no repeating of poor instructions,nothing.very sad loss
I remember this crash my sister and her partner should have been on board he worked for Dan air and could get cheap flights but as they could not sit together they decided to travel elsewhere me and my family thought they were on board and my mother was distraught l had the task of speaking to the emergency team set up to handle enquiries thank the Lord they made that last minute descion and respect to the victims of this tragedy.
I remember this very well too.....my uncles brother sisters mother was flying the plane that day......i remember him telling me about it
Darth Scouser-setting aside the obvious sarcasm, I actually figured out that the fictional pilot would have been your "grandmother." 🤣
had the crew queried the terrible instructions,plus had it been a clear day the pilots would have known they were heading towards the mountain....rip all that were lost
One of our close family members was cabin crew. She wasn’t supposed to work this day but did.
RIP.
😢
they did not have gps back then , most aircaft are cat 3 now, and airport have move on,, RIP to all the people on dan air filght 1008
Tenerife air traffic control did not have a radar system even in 1980 the year of the crash.
1977 had two jumbos crash , collide, that was Tenerife worst accident by far, worst than this one as jumbo x 2 so a lot people were killed, due to fog and lack of Tower speaking clear English, plus klm captain was in a rush to take off
I remember this crash. Terrible!! RIP.
Sad