Collision on Tenerife, Jon Ziomek
Collision on Tenerife, Jon Ziomek
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Collision on Tenerife
The How and Why of the World's Worst Aviation Disaster

Author: Jon Ziomek, Caroline Hopkins

Narrator: Charles Constant

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/30/2020


Synopsis

The world's worst air disaster happened more than forty years ago on a remote Atlantic Ocean island, when two fully loaded 747 passenger jets collided after a horrendous series of human errors.

One of the jets, KLM Flight 4805, was traveling more than 150 miles an hour and was within seconds of lifting off when it crashed into Pan Am Flight 1736 taxiing in its path. The loss of lives was staggering—583 dead. The crash happened after a lengthy series of major and minor human errors. In the intervening years, has aviation advanced to the point that such a disaster can't happen again?

In this riveting account, written from the perspective of the passengers in the cabin as well as the crew members in the cockpits, Jon Ziomek explains how this largely forgotten accident took place—and what has happened since to reduce the possibility of another such catastrophe.

About Jon Ziomek

Jon Ziomek is a former Chicago newspaper reporter and retired Northwestern University journalism teacher and assistant dean. He has been a freelance writer for more than forty years.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on March 02, 2019

On March 27, 1977, 583 people were killed in the worst disaster in aviation history when two fully-loaded 747s collided on the small Atlantic island of Tenerife. In this gripping account of the accident and its aftermath, Jon Ziomek describes the conditions that led to the collision, the accident it......more

Goodreads review by Jill on April 22, 2019

On Sunday, March 27, 1977, two chartered 747's collided on the island of Tenerife. The KLM plane was taking off in the heavy fog which had settled on the runway when it ran into the PanAm plane. Everyone on the KLM flight was killed and most on the PanAm flight were, too. Altogether, 583 "souls" wer......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 27, 2018

Storytelling, Heroism on Collision Course It starts with the worst aviation disaster in history and weaves in stories of heroism and heartbreak. The truths of that disaster are stunning and the aftermath lives on today in lives saved and lived. It's emotional, smart and a remarkable read! Here's a pa......more

Goodreads review by Nasos Delveroudis on October 20, 2022

Spoilers ahead, so tread carefully if you don't know much about the incident. Simply put, it's an OK review of the Tenerife disaster. There don't seem to be many of these out there and this book stands out as one of the best efforts. Mainly based on extensive interviews of the relatively few survivor......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie on October 29, 2024

On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger aircraft collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport. The airport is located in Tenerife, Spain, but is operating under a different name now. The collision involved two flights that had been diverted to that airport following a bomb explosion in their sch......more