Tenerife airport disaster
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On 27 March 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on a runway at Los Rodeos Airport on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 people and injuring 61 others. The disaster is the third deadl
Wreckage of Flight 4805 at Los Rodeos Airport
PH-BUF, the KLM Boeing 747-206B involved in the collision, pictured in 1976
N736PA, the Pan Am Boeing 747-121 involved, pictured three weeks before the collision
KLM captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten featured in a 1977 advertisement for the airline
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten
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Jacob Louis "Jaap" Veldhuyzen van Zanten was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. He was the captain of the KLM plane involved in the Tenerife airport disaster and died in the collision, wh
A gravestone with Veldhuyzen van Zanten's name, Westgaarde Cemetery, Amsterdam