Taking off or landing from a taxiway risks catastrophic collision like what remains the deadliest accident in history.

But the deadliest collision of two aircrafts - and the deadliest aviation accident - is the Tenerife airport disaster which killed 583 people. There were only 61 survivors. The crash took place on ...

In 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on the runway in Tenerife, killing 583 people. It remains the deadliest accident in aviation history. 19 rare behind-the-scenes photos from “The Wizard of Oz ...

In the months after the crash, before the official report was ... First, neither of these airplanes was even supposed to be at Tenerife airport, let alone on the same runway at the same time.

And every time one happened, air safety authorities would refer to the Tenerife Airport disaster. In March 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at an airport on the Spanish ...

AN EASYJET plane from Tenerife to Liverpool was forced to make an emergency landing after an elderly passenger fell unconscious on board. The pilot put out an urgent request for any doctors or ...