Tenerife Airport Disaster

Date: March 27, 1977

Aircraft: Boeing 747-206B (Flight 4805), Boeing 747-121

Passengers: 234 on Flight 4805, 380 on Flight 1763

Crew: 14, on Flight 4805, 16 on Flight 1763

Fatalities: 583 ( all 248 on Flight 4805, 335 on Flight 1763 )

Survivors: 61 ( all on Flight 1763 )

Cause: Communication breakdown, pilot error.