Deadliest Aviation Accident In History

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Society & Culture, Aviation, True Crime, Leisure, Documentary

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🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Two Boeing 747s collide causing the deadliest accident in aviation history. KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 prepare for takeoff at Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife. One plane starts to takeoff without clearance, heading towards the other. What happened to cause these two planes to collide on the ground? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BlackBoxDownPod. https://twitter.com/blackboxdownpod https://www.instagram.com/blackboxdownpod/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN. Head to http://expressvpn.com/blackboxdown today and get an extra 3 months free on a 1 year package! Also sponsored by The Jordan Harbinger Show. Go to http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe to check out the Jordan Harbinger Show today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Black Box Down. Chris had a quick question for you before we
0:05.8	get started on this week's episode.
0:08.4	You remember one of the first episodes we did was Japan Airlines Flight 1, 2, 3 and we
0:12.7	said that that was the deadliest single plane incident in history and that happened when
0:19.2	the vertical stabilizer got blown off of that plane.
0:21.8	It happened near cruising altitude for that plane around 24,000 feet in the air.
0:25.5	Today we're going to be covering the deadliest multi plane incident.
0:29.7	Since the single plane incident happened at 24,000 feet, I was curious to know if you
0:33.3	had a guess as to what altitude the multiple plane incident took place.
0:38.0	I bet it happens during like 5,000 or while they're taking off or landing.
0:44.4	Yeah, what if I told you that the deadliest incident ever on record happened on the ground?
0:48.8	What?
0:49.8	March 22nd, 1977.
0:52.0	A terrorist attack has shut down Grand Canaria Airport in the Canary Islands causing all
0:56.0	inbound flights to divert to Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, a Spanish island off the
1:00.6	western coast of Africa.
1:02.4	Once Grand Canaria Airport reopens, all the diverted flights at Los Rodeos are eager
1:06.2	to get back in the air.
1:07.8	KLM Flight 4805, abowing 747 finishes refueling, taxis down the runway and turns around for
1:14.6	takeoff.
1:15.6	Captain Jacob built Huizin, Van Zanton, begins to accelerate down the foggy runway when
1:20.7	the unthinkable happens.
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