Pan Am Captain Tenerife

As it happens neither plane is supposed to be on.

Pan am captain tenerife.

On march 27 1977 two boeing 747 passenger jets operating klm flight 4805 and pan am flight 1736 collided on the runway at los rodeos airport now tenerife north airport on the spanish island of tenerife. The remains of the klm jumbo jet that collided with a pan am jumbo at los rodeos airport santa cruz de tenerife mar. Five hundred and eighty three people died in the world s worst. Pan am has come from los angeles after a stopover in new york klm from its home base in amsterdam.

He spoke to witness about that terrible disaster. Captain robert bragg was the co pilot aboard the pan am plane and was one of the few who survived the collision. As it happens neither plane is supposed to be on tenerife. Both of the 747s at tenerife are charters.

The klm captain had decided to fully refuel at los rodeos instead of las palmas apparently to save time. 583 lives were lost when a klm 747 collided with a pan am 747 at tenerife s los rodeos airport tfn. Bragg 14 september 1937 9 february 2017 was an american captain of boeing 747 aircraft. A terrorist incident at gran canaria airport had caused many flights to be diverted to los rodeos.

On 27 march 1977 when the tenerife airport disaster occured robert bragg was the co pilot first officer on board the pan am flight 1736 747. Pan am has come from los angeles after a stopover in new york klm from its home base in amsterdam. Resulting in 583 fatalities this accident is the deadliest in aviation history. March 27 1977 is a date permanently etched in aviation history.

Just 61 people survived all from the pan am jumbo jet. It remains the worlds deadliest air disaster. One of those survivors was purser. Jacob louis veldhuyzen van zanten 5 february 1927 27 march 1977 was a dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor as captain of the klm boeing 747 he was involved in the tenerife airport disaster the deadliest accident in aviation history.