• The Tenerife Airport Disaster

  • Apr 30 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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The Tenerife Airport Disaster

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  • On March 27, 1977, on the fog-shrouded runway of Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, two Boeing 747 jumbo jets collided during takeoff, claiming 583 lives. Discover how a chain of unlikely events—a terrorist bombing at another airport, deteriorating weather conditions, miscommunications between pilots and air traffic control, and fatal misunderstandings—culminated in catastrophe.

    Sources:

    • Mayday: Air Disasters - Season 16, Episode 3, titled "Disaster at Tenerife"
    • Wikipedia Page on the Tenerife airport disaster

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    Final Boarding Call is hosted by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas, researched and written by Alice Stern, produced and edited by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas.
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