Pan Am Captain Tenerife

On 27 march 1977 when the tenerife airport disaster occured robert bragg was the co pilot first officer on board the pan am flight 1736 747.

Pan am captain tenerife.

It remains the worlds deadliest air disaster. They were scheduled to land at las palmas on the nearby island of grand canary where many of the passengers were on their way to meet cruise ships. The klm captain had decided to fully refuel at los rodeos instead of las palmas apparently to save time. Captain robert bragg was the co pilot aboard the pan am plane and was one of the few who survived the collision.

As it happens neither plane is supposed to be on. Pan am has come from los angeles after a stopover in new york klm from its home base in amsterdam. He spoke to witness about that terrible disaster. The remains of the klm jumbo jet that collided with a pan am jumbo at los rodeos airport santa cruz de tenerife mar.

On march 27 1977 two boeing 747 passenger jets operating klm flight 4805 and pan am flight 1736 collided on the runway at los rodeos airport now tenerife north airport on the spanish island of tenerife. March 27 1977 is a date permanently etched in aviation history. 583 lives were lost when a klm 747 collided with a pan am 747 at tenerife s los rodeos airport tfn. Both of the 747s at tenerife are charters.

One of those survivors was purser. Bragg was the last surviving flight crew member as all 3 members from klm died in the accident flight engineer george warns died in 1991 and. A terrorist incident at gran canaria airport had caused many flights to be diverted to los rodeos. Pan am has come from los angeles after a stopover in new york klm from its home base in amsterdam.

Five hundred and eighty three people died in the world s worst. Resulting in 583 fatalities this accident is the deadliest in aviation history. Jacob louis veldhuyzen van zanten 5 february 1927 27 march 1977 was a dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor as captain of the klm boeing 747 he was involved in the tenerife airport disaster the deadliest accident in aviation history. The pan am plane was ready to depart from tenerife but access to the runway was being obstructed by the klm plane and a refueling vehicle.