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The collision occurred when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run in dense fog while Pan Am Flight 1736 was still on the runway. The impact and 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.
Mar 7, 2023 · The Pan Am Boeing 747, registration N73PA, flight number 1736, left Los Angeles International Airport at 1729 hours (local time) on March 26, 1977, arriving at New York JFK Airport at 0117 hours (local time) on March 27, 1977.
Sep 28, 2020 · Learn how a series of tragic coincidences and human errors led to the collision of two 747s on a runway in the Canary Islands in 1977, killing 583 people. The article explores the causes, the aftermath and the lessons of the worst plane crash in history.
Jun 21, 2024 · Later, just as KLM flight 4805 prepared to take off from the single airstrip at Los Rodeos, the plane barreled into Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) flight 1736, which had been taxiing toward takeoff at the same time.
Mar 2, 2016 · Captain Robert Bragg was the co-pilot aboard the Pan Am plane, and was one of the few who survived the collision. He spoke to Witness about that terrible disaster.
Mar 26, 2009 · The planes -- Pan Am flight 1736 originating in Los Angeles and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight 4805, a charter from Amsterdam -- crashed into each other on Los Rodeos Airport's single runway....
Apr 28, 2024 · That day, it was operating Pan Am Flight 1736 from Los Angeles to New York JFK and on to Gran Canaria. It was piloted by Captain Victor Grubbs and First Officer Robert Bragg, with Flight Engineer George Warns also in the cockpit.
