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International Tenerife Memorial with Teide peak in the background Memorial plaque. The International Tenerife Memorial March 27, 1977, erected in memory of the 583 victims of the Tenerife airport disaster, is a monument located on the Mesa Mota on the outskirts of the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).
The impact and the resulting fire killed all 248 people on board the KLM plane and 335 of the 396 people on board the Pan Am plane, with only 61 survivors in the front section of the latter aircraft. With a total of 583 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history .
Because of their location, the Canary Islands have historically been considered a link between the four continents of Africa, North America, South America, and Europe. [9] In 2023, the Canary Islands had a population of 2,236,013, [10] with a density of 299 inhabitants per km 2, making it the seventh most populous autonomous community of Spain ...
Aircraft shot down by unknown assassins; Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira and 10 others also killed Roy Halladay: United States 2017 Baseball player ICON A5: Gulf of Mexico [48] A. P. Hamann: United States 1977 City Manager of San Jose, California: Tenerife airport disaster: Canary Islands, Spain Airplane collision
Felipe Mendez said he feels a great sadness after the loss of his wife and son, but is grateful to be together with his surviving children.
What we know about the victims killed in the California wildfires. Minyvonne Burke. January 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM. ... Rossilli owns multiple pets including a dog, two parrots, and a canary.
The National Weather Service confirmed storm findings Sunday evening, with the Clarksville tornado rating as an EF-3, with winds of 150 mph, and the Madison/Hendersonville/Gallatin tornado with a ...
A gravestone with Veldhuyzen van Zanten's name, Westgaarde Cemetery, Amsterdam. The Tenerife airport disaster on 27 March 1977 was the collision of two Boeing 747 passenger aircraft on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife North Airport) in Tenerife, Spain; causing 583 deaths, the crash is the deadliest accident in aviation history.