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Tenerife Air Disaster
In March 1977 the worst accident in the history of civil aviation took place in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Two jumbo jets, one Pan Am, the other KLM, collided on a runway.
In March 1977 the worst accident in the history of civil aviation took place in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Two jumbo jets, one Pan Am, the other KLM, collided on a runway. Captain Robert Bragg was co-pilot of the Pan Am plane - hear his memories of the crash.
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