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	Turkish Airlines
		Before the Tenerife Airport Disaster, it was the worst aircraft disaster.
		The hijacker said he wanted to fly to Germany, alleging that his mother and sister were hostages there.
		At the Athens's Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, the aircraft was surrounded by Greek security forces and after 3 hours of negotiations the 20 year-old hijacker, Ozgur Gencarslan, finally gave up.
	grupos.xasa.us /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/tu/turkish_airlines.html (173 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tenerife
		Tenerife at the time of its conquest was comprised of nine distinct menceyatos, as the small kingdoms of the Guanches were known.
		In Tenerife, Franco organized the political coup that would result in the Spanish Civil War; the Canaries fell to the Nationalists in July 1936 and its population was subject to the mass executions of opponents to the new regime.
		The airline collision that took place on March 27, 1977, in Los Rodeos, an airport in the north of the island, known as the Tenerife disaster, was the deadliest aircraft disaster in history until the September 11, 2001 attacks and remains the deadlist aviation accident in history.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tenerife (2454 words)

	Tenerife disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The incident was the deadliest aircraft disaster in history until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		Tenerife ATC gave the KLM plane clearance for post-takeoff travel route, but the KLM captain apparently mistook this to be permission for the takeoff itself.
		Analysis of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript shows that the KLM pilot was convinced that he had been cleared for take-off, while the Tenerife control tower was certain that the KLM 747 was stationary at the end of the runway and awaiting takeoff clearance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tenerife_disaster (1101 words)

	Tenerife disaster biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Tenerife disaster had the greatest number of casualties of any air disaster and remains the deadliest aircraft accident in history.
		Tenerife Air traffic control gave the KLM plane clearance for the route it was to take after takeoff, but the KLM captain apparently mistook it to be permission for the takeoff itself.
		Analysis of the CVR transcript shows that the KLM pilot was convinced that he had been cleared for take-off, while the Tenerife control tower was certain that the KLM 747 was stationary at the end of the runway and awaiting takeoff clearance.
	tenerife-airport-disaster.biography.ms (893 words)

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	Guardian \| Italian airport disaster kills 114
		At least 114 people were killed at an airport in Italy today when a passenger jet struck a building after apparently trying to swerve away from a smaller plane which was said to have been on the wrong runway.
		At Copenhagen's airport, about 20 relatives and friends of the passengers who were expected to arrive were being offered the opportunity to talk with psychologists.
		At the scene, access to the fuselage and cabin of the jetliner was made difficult because the plane hit a cement beam as it crashed into the baggage storage building, causing the roof to collapse.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4272581-103681,00.html (551 words)

	Rudolph & Repenning \| Disaster dynamics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Major disasters have long interested organization theorists (Perrow, 1984; Shrivastava, 1987; Weick, 1993b; Vaughan, 1996), and their causes continue to be an active area of inquiry.
		The shoot down was a tragedy for the people on Iran Air 655 and their families and a social disaster for the navy, unleashing a torrent of critical media attention and calling into question the navy's staff training, equipment design, and rules of engagement.
		Despite these limitations, the model has two important implications for both the prevention of crises and future research on them: (1) understanding disaster and its precursors requires considering both the novelty and the quantity of interruptions, and (2) it is a grave error to assume that both types of events occasion similar dynamics.
	interruptions.net /literature/Rudolph-ASQ02.htm (11267 words)

	Tenerife disaster - InformationBlast
		The Tenerife disaster took place on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747s collided on the island of Tenerife, killing 583 people.
		The Tenerife disaster had the greatest number of casualties of any air disaster until the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks.
		Tenerife was eventually closed permanently due to the frequent and dangerous fogs that cover the area.
	www.informationblast.com /Tenerife_disaster.html (625 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sampoong Department Store collapse
		The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history â“ 501 people were killed and 937 injured.
		The disaster also resulted in about â©270 billion (approximately US$216 million) worth of property damage.
		The Discovery Channel television program Disaster Detectives featured the collapse of the Sampoong Department Store and the subsequent investigation in one of its episodes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sampoong-Department-Store-collapse (1763 words)

	Tenerife Airport - Los Rodeos Airport Tenerife Spain
		Tenerife has 2 airports, the main is in the South, Sur Reina Sofia Airport and then there is Los Rodeos Airport in the North.
		Los Rodeos Airport is the oldest airport, out of the two and until Sur Reina Sofia Airport was built it was the main one.
		After that until 2003 the airport was used domestically to fly to other Islands in the Archipelago in the Canaries.
	www.apartmentspain.co.uk /los_rodeos_airport.htm (349 words)

	Tenerife disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Tenerife disaster had the greastest number of casualties of any air disaster until the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks.
		Upon approaching its final destination Las Palmas it was told the major airport was temporarily closed due to a bomb attack by Canary Island separatists, and was ordered to divert to the airport at the neighboring island of Tenerife, together with many other planes.
		Later investigation showed that the KLM pilots misinterpreted some of Tenerife's instructions.
	www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/te/tenerife_disaster.html (1080 words)

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		Therefore, KLM 4805 was diverted to Los Rodeos (Tenerife) Airport, arriving at 1338Z on 27 March 1977.
		Place of accident The accident took place on the runway of Tenerife Airport (Los Rodeos) at latitude 28° 28' 30" N and longitude 16° 19' 50" W. The field elevation is 2 073 ft (632 m).
		The elevation at the approach end of runway 30 is 2 001 ft and that of runway 12 is 2 064 ft. The highest point of the airport is near the intersection of taxiway 3.
	atcsl.tripod.com /world_aircrashes.htm (3935 words)

	Encyclopedia: List-of-accidents-and-incidents-on-commercial-airliners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 was exploded by a suitcase with a bomb, making it the single largest terrorist attack before the September 11th terrorist attacks and the largest mass murder in the Canadian history, with all 329 on board.
		One hour before the disaster, another suitcase with a bomb exploded at Narita Airport when the bomb is being transfered from the Canadian Pacific Air Route 3 to Air India Flight 301.
		The Tenerife disaster which killed almost 600 people is often regarded as the worst-ever accident in Aviation history.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_on_commercial_airliners (1171 words)

	Turkish Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the national airline of Turkey and operates a network of scheduled services to Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, North Africa, South Africa and the USA.
		Its main base is Ataturk International Airport (IST), Istanbul, with a hub at Esenboga International Airport (ESB), Ankara.
		The airline was established on May 20, 1933 as the State Airlines Administration and started operations in August 1933.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turkish_Airlines (395 words)

	Salon.com Technology \| Air travel's communications killer
		A burnt tail section of a KLM jumbo jet lies on the runway of Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, March 28, 1977, a day after the collision between the KLM aircraft and a Pan Am 747 jet.
		Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands, a rocky chain off the coast of Morocco, governed by the Spanish.
		The big town on Tenerife is called Santa Cruz, and its airport, at the base of a cascading mountain, is called Los Rodeos.
	www.salon.com /tech/feature/2002/03/28/heterodyne (814 words)

	Boeing 747 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Furthermore, there was worry about whether the 747 would be compatible with existing airport infrastructure.
		The upper deck was now accessed via a straight staircase, rather than the spiral steps that featured in the 100 and 200.
		However, very few have been due to design flaws in the aircraft itself: most have been because of pilot error, improper maintenance, or in a few cases, terrorist or military action.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boeing_747 (3479 words)

	Remembering Tenerife
		The airport at Tenerife was not designed to accommodate the large number of aircraft that were diverted there the day of the accident.
		The sequence of events that culminated in the collision at Tenerife began with the explosion of a bomb at the Las Palmas airport and the diversion of aircraft to Tenerife.
		Although the poor visibility and the limited facilities of the airport created hazardous conditions, this should have made it obvious to all three parties that extra caution and proper radio communication were the only safeguards.
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		Click2Disasters - Details of the sinkings of the Lusitania and Titanic, the Challenger explosion, the Tenerife airport crash, the Hindenberg disaster, and the Galveston hurricane.
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	Truth in Aviation Summer 2000
		The Airport Communities Coalition and RCAA each have asked that the agencies not approve the pending application, and at the least, require the Port to submit a new, complete, application, with a new round of public hearings and comments.
		The Tenerife airport, like Sea-Tac, was set up with parallel runways operating simultaneously, so that one 747 had to cross the path of another.
		Sea-Tac Airport’s plan for a massive embankment, the home for the proposed third runway, poses threats to the water supply of the Highline district and to the future of Miller, Walker, and Des Moines creeks.
	www.rcaanews.org /TIAsummer2000.htm (5373 words)

	De ramp op Tenerife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The airport was closed after the announcement that there would be a second bomb.
		When after 20 minutes there was no sign of re-opening the airport, the passengers could disembark and go to the terminal.
		Captain Grubbs was aware of the fact the airport was closed, but had enough fuel to circle around until the airport would re-open again.
	home.hccnet.nl /joost.meer/crash.html (2163 words)

	Tenerife disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On March 27, 1977 Pan Am flight 1736 had taken off from New York's JFK International Airport, bound for the tropical Canary Islands.
		Upon approaching its final destination Las Palmas it was told the major airport was temporarily closed due to a bomb attack by Canary Island separatists, and was ordered to divert to a smaller airport at the neighbouring island Tenerife[?], together with many other planes.
		The small airport at Tenerife was not equipped for large planes, let alone so many.
	www.websign.sk /co/Collision_between_KLM_and_PanAm_Boeing_747's_at_Tenerife.html (623 words)

	Boeing 747 article - Boeing 747 Boeing airliner Airbus A380 aircraft Boeing Commercial Airplanes - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Many airlines wondered if the 747 would prove to be too large for an average long distance flight and instead invested in tri-jets.
		747 aircraft have been involved in a number of air disasters.
		However, very few have been due to design flaws in the aircraft itself: most have been because of pilot error, or in a few cases, terrorist action.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Boeing_747 (2834 words)

	Tenerife disaster
		The Tenerife disaster had the greatest number of casualties of any air disaster until the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, and remains the deadliest aviation accident in history.
		On March 27, 1977 Pan Am Flight 1736, N736PA, had taken off from New York's JFK International Airport, bound for the Canary Islands.
		Upon approaching its final destination Las Palmas it was told the major airport was temporarily closed due to a bomb attack by Canary Island separatists, and was ordered to divert to Los Rodeos airport on the neighboring island of Tenerife, together with many other planes.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/tenerife_disaster (666 words)

	Super70s.com: Pair of 747s Collide in Worst Air Disaster of 20th Century
		At that point one of the passengers, Robina van Lanschot, who was with the company who had chartered the flight felt she had seen her passengers through to the Canaries and called it and day.
		Thus, the Spanish, Dutch, Boeing and the Americans investigated the disaster, which remains the worst aviation accident of all-time with a death toll of 583.
		The said it have happened a serious accident in Tenerife (I don’t remember if they mentioned it was an airplane accident?), but they asked all hospital staff (doctors, nurses, paramedics) to interrupt their weekend leave, holidays and return to their positions at the hospitals immediately.
	www.super70s.com /Super70s/Science/Transportation/Aviation/AirDisasters/77-03-27(Tenerife).asp (3935 words)

	Tenerife disaster - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		This aircraft happened to be the first 747 to carry fare-paying passengers, on a flight from New York to London on 21 January 1970.
		It landed at Tenerife and was waiting to go.
		Around 70 crash investigators from Spain, the Netherlands, the US, and from the two airline companies were involved in the investigation.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Tenerife_Airport_Disaster (969 words)

	Accident Report KLM PanAm Boeing 747 collision 27 MAR 77
		Therefore, KLM 4805 was diverted to Los Rodeos (Tenerife) Airport, arriving at 13382 on 27 March 1977.
		On account of the magnitude of the disaster, the Spanish, Dutch and American medical authorities, as well as the Spanish Judicial Authority, agreed that the pathological teams should work together on the tasks of identification, embalming and possible autopsies.
		This was the situation in Tenerife, and for this reason the captain spoke by HF to his company's operations office in Amsterdam.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/9575/770327-1.htm (5586 words)

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