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Tenerife

March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours 583 people would be dead. This film reconstructs the moments leading up to the tragedy.

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Tenerife

📅 2005🌐 ENMovie

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Documentary

Overview

March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours 583 people would be dead. This film reconstructs the moments leading up to the tragedy.

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🎬 Type: Movie

📅 Year: 2005

Rating: 8.5/10

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Paul Bandey

Bragg

Anne Cart

KLM Purser

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Lee Delong

Erma Schlecht

Mike Dineen

Pan Am Flight Engineer George Warns

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James Gerard

Walter

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Lexie Kendrick

Robina Van Lanschot

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