KLM Flight 4805 was a charter flight for Holland International Travel Group and had arrived from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands. [11] Its cockpit crew consisted of Captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (age 50), [12] First Officer Klaas Meurs (42), …

Mar 7, 2023 · Both aircraft - KLM Flight 4805, a Boeing 747-206B, Reg. No. PH-BUF; and Pan American (Pan Am) Flight 1736, a Boeing 747-121, Reg. No. N736PA, - had been diverted to Los Rodeos Airport on the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands due to a bombing at the airport at their final destination, the neighboring island of Gran Canaria.

Sep 28, 2020 · KLM 4805’s wreckage was engulfed in flames 400 yards farther down the runway. Despite their own injuries, Pan Am’s cockpit crew and four surviving cabin crew members did their best to guide passengers to safety.

He was the captain of KLM Flight 4805, and died in the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history. He was KLM's chief instructor and commonly appeared on advertising.

Mar 27, 2017 · 40 years ago today, KLM Flight 4805 (PH-BUF) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport, Canary Islands. The Boeing 747-206B named Rijn (Rhine) was carrying 234 passengers & 14 crew members. PH-BUF, the accident aircraft involved. The second aircraft involved, Pan American

Aviation Safety Network: Cockpit voice recorder transcription of the 27 March 1977 KLM, Pan Am Boeing 747 collision Tenerife.

Jul 10, 2023 · When Gran Canaria airport was finally re-opened by authorities, Pan Am 1736 was ready to depart but, because it had parked behind the KLM 747-200 (Flight 4805) on the taxiway, it had to wait for the KLM aircraft to finish refueling.

Oct 17, 2006 · It departed from Los Angeles bound for the same intended destination as KLM 4805—Las Palmas's Gran Canaria International Airport—but was diverted to Tenerife.

Subsequently, KLM 4805, which had released its brakes to start take-off run 20 seconds before this communication took place, collided with the PAA aeroplane. The control tower received no further communications from PAA 1736, nor from KLM 4805.

Mar 27, 2023 · KLM Flight 4805 was a Boeing 747-200 en route to Gran Canaria from Amsterdam. On the flight deck was Captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zantan, KLM’s chief flight instructor, along with first officer Klaas Meurs and flight engineer Willem Schreuder.