Boeing 747-100 crash, Mar 27, 1977 (335 killed), Tenerife...
Boeing 747-100 accident on March 27, 1977 near Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands, Spain with 335 fatalities. Cause: The KLM captain began the...
- Date: March 27, 1977
- Aircraft: Boeing 747-100
- Location: Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands, Spain
- Fatalities: 335
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: The KLM captain began the takeoff without an ATC takeoff clearance and did not interrupt it when Pan Am reported that it was still on the runway (Spanish investigation findings, as summarised by the FAA).
Pan Am flight 1736, a Boeing 747 diverted to Tenerife, was taxiing on the runway when it was struck by the KLM jet taking off. Of 396 people aboard, 335 died, including nine crew, and 61 were injured.