Accidents and Incidents
Tenerife North Airport was the scene of the Tenerife airport disaster, to date the worst accident in aviation history. The accident took place on 27 March 1977, while during take-off, the KLM Flight 4805 Boeing 747 crashed into the Boeing 747 of Pan Am Flight 1736 taxiing along the runway. Amongst the passengers and crew of the two aircraft, all 248 passengers on board the KLM flight were killed along with 335 onboard the Pan Am but in the Pan Am flight 61 passengers survived, making the total death toll at 538 passengers. Neither flight was originally scheduled to be at the airport; both were scheduled to land at Gran Canaria Airport, but had been diverted to Tenerife North (then Tenerife Los Rodeos) as a result of a bombing at Gran Canaria.
Other accidents at the airport include:
| Date | Airline | Aircraft type | Registration | Flight number | People on board | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-05-05 | Iberia | Lockheed L-1049G | EC-AIN | 401 | 49 | 30 |
| 1965-12-07 | Spantax | Douglas DC-3 | EC-ARZ | 32 | 32 | |
| 1970-01-05 | Iberia | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 | EC-BOD | 49 | 0 | |
| 1972-12-03 | Spantax | Convair CV-990 | EC-BZR | 155 | 155 | |
| 1980-04-25 | Dan-Air | Boeing 727-46 | G-BDAN | 1008 | 146 | 146 |
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