Midair collisions throughout aviation history have brought some of the worst tragedies in the sky. But they've also left important lessons.

Minutes before touching down in Tenerife on April 25th, 1980, catastrophe struck Dan Air London flight 1008, a Boeing 727 en ...

The deadliest air disaster in history occurred in 1977 at a small airport named Los Rodeos on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. If the crash had a single, clear cause, it might be easy ...

Two airplanes have just collided on the runway at Tenerife Airport. Show more Two airplanes have just collided on the runway at Tenerife Airport. While no one on the Amsterdam-bound KLM plane ...

The planes are diverted to the neighboring island of Tenerife. Loaded with passengers, they’re forced to sit on the hot tarmac for hours. Meanwhile, the flight crews rely on air traffic control ...

On December 29, 2024, a Boeing 737 crashed during an emergency landing at Muan airport, South Korea, resulting in 179 fatalities out of 181 occupants, making it the worst aviation disaster on South ...

you are cleared Air Traffic Control gives the KLM crew ... In the aftermath of the disaster at Tenerife, officials implemented standard aviation phrasing worldwide to avoid similar confusion ...