The collision of two Boeing 747 “Jumbo” airliners on the single runway of the main airport on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in 1977, remains the world’s worst-ever aviation disaster in terms of the number of people who died. Come with me in MSFS and see how the disaster unfolded through a series of unfortunate events. Hope you find it interesting. Cheers.
Nice timing. Im departing Teneriffe tomorrow 🫨
Thanks for your video.
A terrible disaster and - as is so ofter the case - not a single error but a series of little things that went wrong which led to this. A few years ago, I have been to Los Rodeos and the monument to the disaster on a hill overlooking the airport.
I might add: at that time the word “take-off” was used constantly. “Ready for take-off”, “prepare for take-off” etc. In this case it was “stand by for take-off”.
So it was implied the pilot - in the confusion with the two controllers on the same frequency and messages being cut off - may actually have thought that he was cleared for take-off. We’ll never know.
As a result of this accident communication phraseology was changed and the word “take-off” today is ONLY to be used by the controller for “cleared for take-off” or “cancel take-off clearance”. In all the other instances the word “departure” is to used now.
The complete communication transcript can be found on wikipedia.