On this Day in 1977 - Tenerife Disaster

On March 27th, 1977, 2 Boeing 747 airliners (Pan AM flight 736 and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 4805) collied at Los Rodeos Airport located at Tenerife, Canary Islands , Spain (Google Maps View). This accident claimed 583 lives which is one of the highest number of fatalities in aviation history. (Source: Wikipedia)