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World's worst air disaster that killed 583 people in Canary Islands

New Delhi:  On March 27, 1977  a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines collided with a Pan Am flight 1736 aircraft at  Tenerife airport (earlier known as  Los Rodeos Airport ) on the Spanish island of Tenerife,

India TV News Desk Updated on: April 14, 2013 6:59 IST


The KLM jumbo was under the command of Capt. Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, KLM's most experienced 747 pilot.  



Pan Am 1736 was piloted by Capt. Victor Grubbs, who came aboard when the plane made an intermediate stop in New York.





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