The Deadliest Aviation Disaster in History. Tenerife 1977. 583 Lives Lost in 44 Seconds. The Tenerife airport disaster remains the deadliest accident in aviation history. It occurred on March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands. #TenerifeDisaster #AviationHistory #AirCrashInvestigation #PanAm #KLM #Boeing747 #1977 #Documentary #AviationSafety #TrueStory #Disaster #Engineering #HumanError #Mayday #AviationHistory #Documentary #DisasterAnalysis #AircraftAccident #AirSafety #AirCrashInvestigation