ALAMEDA — It’s every airline passenger’s nightmare. Smoke billows from the aircraft’s first-class section and the plane comes to a sudden halt. You look up at the ceiling and molding — and you see ...
In all, 583 people were killed. Just 61 survived. Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the deadliest aviation disaster in history, when two jumbo jets collided on March 27, 1977. It happened on the ...
Peter Olsen is at it again. We recently showed you the neat 3D Disney Monorail that he created, and now he’s built a 3D animated tour of the 1977 Tenerife Airport disaster. The tour is very impressive ...
A woman who survived the worst aviation disaster of all time has recalled how she saw a fellow passenger sliced in half by her seatbelt. Joani Feathers also saw another woman in curlers set alight ...
In 1977, 583 lives were claimed when two 747 jets collided with each other on the runway of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. What the captain said in the final minutes stun to this day. On March 27, ...
The 1977 collision of two jumbo jets at a tiny airport in the Canary Islands horrified the world. Watch as examiners sift through the evidence to untangle the chain of events that claimed the lives of ...
Paradise turned tragic. In 1977, two jumbo jets collided on the runway in Tenerife—changing aviation forever. Winning numbers drawn for historic Powerball jackpot Trump Slams Judge as $500M Penalty is ...
Last year was the safest year on record for airlines, with just two fatal accidents for commercial flights recorded. Aviation safety has continued to improve over the years. A lot of changes occurred ...