Tenerife 1977: When Two Jumbo Jets Collided in the Fog
On March 27, 1977, thick fog, radio confusion, and mounting pressure led two fully loaded Boeing 747s onto the same runway at Tenerife’s Los Rodeos Airport. A single misunderstood clearance triggered a catastrophic collision that killed 583 people in seconds—becoming the deadliest disaster in aviation history and forever changing how pilots communicate and work together. #TenerifeDisaster #AviationHistory #AviationAccident #PlaneCrash #FlightSafety #AirCrashInvestigation #JumboJet #AviationLessons #TrueAviation #AviationTragedy
