Two Passenger Airliners Clash On The Runway | Crash Of The Century | On The Move
Вставка
- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- March 27, 1977. At 2pm 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 on this island. Within three hours, 583 people would be dead.
Subscribe to On The Move to watch more documentaries: bit.ly/369zkp
Content licensed from Cineflix to Little Dot Studios.
Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com
#OnTheMove #CrashOfTheCentury #AirDisasters
Regardless of all factors-Pan Am’s fault, ATC’s fault, the radio’s fault, the fog’s fault, nobody’s fault-if Captain van Zanten hadn’t taken off without ATC permission there would never have been a disaster. This is 100% without a doubt. No matter what anyone says. Captain van Zanten took off without take off clearance. There are no excuses for this. End of story. Thank you
You are so right my friend.
"had taken off"
Try again.
Hadn't taken off
YES
He just had to be in such a hurry 😔.
Kudos to the flight attendant who opened the door for people to escape but lost her life. She was an angel that day. R.I.P.
I feel flight attendants are like secret service
@Rip Price "One of the Flight Attendants whose Farts sound awful, but, taste, like Chicken." Better?
@Rip Price I am a Blk lady. I was interested to know she shared my race. It doesn’t make a difference, but it was interesting to hear.
Νέοι τεη
She gave her life for them
That saying “don’t rush to your death” hold even more true to me after learning about this. God bless all those souls lost because of that one idiots inpatients.
I gave your comment a thumbs up, yes and no it truly wasn't just his fault. There isn't just thst one incident that made this happen...let's agree he was truly an arse, but that terrorists group that went to the airport with the intention to kill and actually did kill, poor florist 😟 then there was the bad weather and of course they should have been screaming over the radio that they were not off the runway ,not assuming what everyone else was thinking and doing... another thing that arse did was wait 4 hrs on the tarmac before finally deciding to get fuel. And I'm sure he could have at least moved over to let other planes get past him ...all and all its also a shame that the cruise ship didn't come to pick up all of the guys going on the cruise...just a shame all away around. In the end none of that would have happened if it hadn't of been that terrorists group. Another thing the companies flying hours rules wasn't helping to make wise decisions. 😔
@@wynottgivemore9274 my sentiments exactly, the bombing at the other airport started in all. I had said the same thing that he decided to wait hours to refuel after hearing that the airport had been reopened. But the reason for the weather was because it took over 30 minutes to refuel. Otherwise he could have taken off while the weather was decent. Also after he backtracked down the runway, he was ready to take off without clearance. At least he listened to his flight crew at that point, but ignored them the second time. The Pan Am flight was on the radio saying they were not off runway. The First officer if KLM told the Captain and he did not care, to much if a hurry to get home. Well that did not happen because he was being a arse.
@@dianeo931 yes total arse... but i read here in comments that the radio's can only take one guy at a time,and when pan am was saying NOT OFF runway, the klm or the atc was talking to klm...so pan ams message was never heard.😞😞😞
@@dianeo931 but regardless, klm should have made absolutely clear ,that they weren't cleared... so damn unnecessary. 😞
You are right.
Thick fog, you can't see. Any pilot would surely think "I've no idea if that Pan Am is on the runway. I may be running late but I'm not taking chances". Terrible consequence of a terrible decision. That on top of no permission to go.
Pan Am never reported clear of the runway. There was never a reason to assume that the Pan Am was not on the runway. Also, KLM and Pan Am heard all transmissions that each other sent and received from ATC.
@@unnamedsource746 There were many factors that contributed to this disaster but I wonder if anyone held the Pan Am pilot accountable for not being more direct w/the ATC after being given the directives on which turn off he should take and he still sounded confused because he said so to his co-pilot.
I think the pilot should have been more forceful in letting the ATC know the conditions were such that they needed more assistance and clarification so that the ATC knew he still didn't understand because he didn't.
@@unnamedsource746 A heterodyne (which occurs if 2 radios are transmitting at the same time) blocked the KLM from hearing that the Pan Am was still on the runway. Regardless, the KLM should NEVER have started his takeoff roll without clearance for takeoff. He was in too damn much of a hurry and it cost 583 people their lives.
The system does not care about your life, my life, nor the lives of their own employees. If the captain of the KLM was going to be "hung out to dry" and fired by flying too many hours being late because of many conditions and events completely out of ANYONES control, what does that tell you about the system we live under?
It doesn't matter that "the Pan-am was still on the runway and missed the exit" Bottom line the KLM never had takeoff clearance. He took off without permission. Bottom line. If the KLM had waited for takeoff clearance. This wouldn't have happened.
Yep, that's the bottom line.
Bottom line for sure 👍
This is the fault of KLM captain
@@michelleditzler2105 That's a common thing on runways. They don't have space for a jetliner-highway or flight-road 'bypass' at most airports, and a lot of stuff gets reused. Taking the runway down to turn around and prep for flight at the end is what the first airplane gets to do, and everyone else has to pull off at some exit short of the end of the runway.
And relatedly, I am 'bitterly-amused' (or something?) by the realization that the KLM having dragged its tail for so far like that suggests to me that Captain Obnoxious had a few precious lifetimes worth of seconds in which to curse himself about his extra 55 tons worth of fuel. Without that excess fuel, he would have been able to lift off short of the Pan Am. There were so many little things that all had to happen to make this accident possible...but that super-impatient KLM Captain was definitely one of the big reasons this all became possible. 😕
absolutely
You did a great production with this video. My husband was part of the ground crew at O'Hare International for several years. He said the way you showed the planes in thick fog was spot on. That is exactly what they look like and all the surrounding area.
The biggest irony in all of this is that KLM wanted to send Van Zenten to oversee what has happened there, only to realize he was in the accident 😅
The cause of it, even.
What made it worse for KLM was how they blamed the ATC guys, instead of their own incompetent captain.
@@Suisfonia They did ultimately accept responsibility for the accident eventually, but yeah it took them a while to do so.
I've been looking for this doc forever! Watched it a long time ago and just can never forget it.
Also I did a little digging and I found that Robina van Landschot (the KLM passenger who didn't board the flight in Tenerife) passed away last year. May she rest in peace.
I can’t imagine the trauma she went through after this accident. She definitely thought about being the only survivor of the KLM flight every day for the rest of her life. There must’ve been a lot of guilt that she felt also.
+@@kobyschechter8163 She stayed at Tenerife with her fiancee. She never boarded the aircraft.
@@BloodyApril I know that but she most certainly felt a lot of guilt after this.
@@kobyschechter8163 or she may say that her Gardian Angel guided her not to get back in the plane.
@@mjojrjr6231 No, the fact that Tenerife was her final destination of that trip... THAT is what caused her to stay there. No damn *Guardian* Angel BS.
Gods, the KLM captain was snobbish and combative. It's terrible how one rude, impatient man can complete a chain of mistakes and bad decisions that caused a catastrophe.
A lot of people came to the same conclusion
@John Williams I read on one site that his last words were "God damn it!" screamed out.
AND ARROGANT TOO
This accident contribute to the increased emphasis to Crew Resource Management. At that time, CRM isn't widespread yet.
@@laceneil4570 He should have screamed out "I'm a POS".
First Officer Robert Bragg passed away in 2017, the last surviving pilot of the Pan Am plane.
🌹
RIP First Officer Robert Bragg.
Some of the other Pan Am survivors interviewed here have also since passed on. Erma Schlecht died in 2009, and Dr. Karen Anderson died in 2012.
@@nopcshere6097 Thank you for the update.
So sad to hear.
The pan Am pilot, co pilot and flight engineer seemed to have a great bond. They're hilarious. The KLM cockpit is very drab and everyone is scared of that narcissistic VanZanten
You realize this is just a film
@@HaiderAli-ot2gg it’s based off of how the cockpit actually was based on the recordings
@@HaiderAli-ot2gg A film that's based on actual cockpit voice recordings!
@@4TheRecord did I ask
Haider, did he asked you?
I am still saddened by the enormous loss of life. I was on a KLM 747 from JFK to Amsterdam twenty four hours earlier and I remember seeing pictures of both crews, and one of the FA that died was on my flight the day before. RIP to all passengers and crew that were lost.
KLM pilot is a psycho. His arrogance costed the deaths of 277 people.
Omg that is crazy! I wonder how that feels. Flying in the 70s (pre-9/11) but especially flying on a KLM 747 a day before one ends up crashing! Wow!
@Hari 583 people died.
KLM'S pilot was an impatient moron
The KLM cockpit environment was seriously toxic.
I KNOW - WE KNOW
The KLM captain was toxic, aggressive and abusive. The face of KLM. Highly respected, well paid and publically celebrated role model... It tells a lot about KLM and no wonder they blamed everyone else.
Sadly, it's too common a scenario with managements even today...
@@verabolton KLM and the Dutch have a history of not accepting fault, even when their culpability is obvious. They did the same thing with the KLM 747 volcano incident over Alaska.
You are so right ! Perfect Word .. Toxic
It's interesting that the flight time limits, intended to prevent errors by tired crews, had the opposite effect here. The experienced KLM pilot was so antsy to take-off before those rules grounded him for the night that he made horrible decisions. As presented, this is all on him.
The Dutch pilot thought he was so high and mighty that he disregarded all logic.
Wooden shoes, wooden head, and wooden listen
Yeah he was terrible
like god
So true.
Like really. You are on the end of the runway. You are about to takeoff but wasn't given a clearance in any obvious way. You are fucking aware that another fucking aircraft was certainly on the runway just moments ago and nobody clearly stated that the runway is clear. You are aware that the fog is making it IMPOSSIBLE for anybody to be 100% certain of the situation.
So how do you fucking ignore all those doubts and just ASSUME you can safely take off? How?
How could an imbecile like that become an experience KLM captain?🤦♂ HE SHOULDN'T EVEN DRIVE A CAR, much less pilot a commercial jet airliner with hundreds of people on board!
*Donald Trump
I love that the pilot survived and can talk about it amazing to listen too
I agree! I also liked the way he explained using the model plane.
He died in 2017. Last surviving crew member of the PanAm flight.
I was 17 and remember when I heard about the details I was so mad, all those people died because a pilot was frustrated at all the delays, and that he was part of the hold up because he wanted to refuel, blocking the other jet from taxiing by him, then he miss heard the tower, with that heavy fog he obviously should've waited, but his impatience caused a horrifying accident that was preventable, what's really sad and ironic is that fog cleared not long after this accident, not just the pilot, but a chain of mistakes that could be been avoided.
I think the airport is too small myself that played a part if that's true?
Even with the string of other factors (the bombing, the weather, the size, etc), at the end of the day the responsibility for this was with the KLM captain and his refusal to just WAIT. And that it wasn't until recently that they stopped desperately trying to pretend that it wasn't his fault doesn't speak well of them as a company.
Impatience caused this accident
There is one important detail that isn't mentioned in this documentary.
The final radio transmission sent by the Pan Am captain announcing that they were still on the runway was made at the same time the control tower was speaking to the KLM crew. When two parties attempt to speak simultaneously over the same radio frequency both transmissions cancel each other out. Neither the control tower nor the KLM crew heard this critical bit of information from the Pan Am captain.
It's safe to assume that the KLM captain, had he heard the Pan Am captains warning, would not have proceeded down the runway.
Put simply, the final necessary element that led to two 747's colliding on a runway was a technological flaw in radio communications.
That's Right! Well Said.
@@donkeydump63 Yeah, when the tower was saying “stand by for takeoff”, the Pan Am crew was saying “we’re still on the runway”. Either one could have alerted KLM they couldn’t take off, but they canceled each other out due to the radio interference. Still, the KLM was never given clearance for takeoff and an experienced crew should have known not to move until they got it, but the captain was too anxious to go. So many things went wrong, but the KLM captain caused at least 2 of them: getting fuel which delayed everyone and made his plane extra flammable and not waiting for clearance.
@@donkeydump63 regardless of not being able to hear, he never had clearance to TAKE OFF. Period.
This is the most descriptive rundown of this awful accident. RIP everyone
This crash reminds me of the Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger (the pilot who saved US Airways Flight 1549 by landing in New York's Hudson river) having a fortune that read "A delay is better than a disaster" and keeping that fortune with him on every flights. I wish the KLM captain had the same one
Although Sully made the decisions, he calmly discussed them with his first officer, giving him the opportunity to make any suggestions. That is exactly how every pilot should approach an emergency situation.
Our national airline has a similar approach to the command chain and they have not had a crash or situation involving injury in more than 50 years. They are one of the few national airlines who you never see on any of these disaster channels.
Can you guess the airline.???
@@wilsjane Qantas?
@@ibrahimzeeshan2348 It is actually Aer Lingus that hold the top spot of 50 years accident free, but due to the superstitions of the Irish, they feel that it would be an evil omen to boast about it.
They are quite a remarkable airline, with entire crews working together from their home airport, where they have no travel problems.
One of my funniest stories was the day when a newly appointed first officer worked with a relief captain after his captain called in sick. After the flight, he was telling the crew about the dear old lady who took over and how she read the checklists backwards and told him not to bother with that contraption when he mentioned the autopilot. You can only imagine his surprize when on of the crew casually mentioned that she was the airlines chief pilot.
She was a truly remarkable person, ex military, whose previous 20 years had been spent teaching Harrier pilots to land on UK aircraft carriers without ending up in the water.
She always had a relaxed attitude, but insisted that crews regularly flew without autopilot to maintain their flying skills. Aer Lingus also has the highest percentage of female pilots of any western national airline.
In surveys, a few passengers describe the cabin crew as 'abrupt', but as you may know, it is just part of the Irish nature.
It certainly gets the passengers seated and it is not unusual for the aircraft to be able to depart a few minutes early.
@@wilsjane You make me want to fly Aer Lingus. Not just the safety record but as a woman and a pilot the statistic you mentioned adds merit. Third point in favor, that "abrupt" cabin crew can probably handle all the varieties of painful passenger that ruin otherwise fine flights. Thanks for sharing a wonderful aviation story.
RIP to all. I still remember the news that day as a teen. Amazing the strength and attitude of the survivors, we can learn a lot from them.
It is the last days. Repent. Jesus is your only hope.
There were survivers????
Fact if the matter is that the KLM captain 👨✈️ broke the most basic rule and that was to take off despite not having the clearance to do so. And he KNEW that there was a PanAm that was following him. It wasn’t the radios 📻 fault or the “ broken” English that caused this accident.
He was also a flight instructor and chief of flight training for KLM.
@@Powerranger-le4up from watching this whole documentary repeatedly over the course of a few years, it seemed like the atmosphere when it came to working with van Zanten was pretty unhealthy, kinda like an abusive father/husband
All the other conditions didn't help matters, but the so called elite person for KLM, (Van Zanten) was to blame, why would you take off without clearance for any reason, even if it concerns your flying time in the plane, or having to stay overnight at Los Rodeos, ?? So in reality, Van Zanten is the biggest mass murderer in history.
@@snickerinmuttley1204 biggest mass murderer? Bigger than Himmler? As at fault the pilot was, he didn’t intend to kill anyone. His impatience and arrogance led to it.
Perhaps biggest involuntary manslaughterer.
There was other issues causing that accident he believed that he had a clearance due to a transmission blocked while multiple transmissions were transmitted at once so he only heard "take off" but the wait part was blocked, and since he was waiting for a clearance he simply assumed that it was a clearance he heard. This documentary hear paints a very bad picture of that KLM pilot ha wasn't nearly as much of an ass in the actual event. Keep in mind that that whole crew died, we don't exactly know what was going on inside that cockpit, not everything gets recorded on the CVR. But the ATC transmissions is well known.
How’d they get Nigel Farage to play the KLA captain?
Best comment.
🤣 he really does look like him!
😂😂😂😂
Now I see why he was so bloody mad he was flying a European aircraft. He wanted a British Airways.
They got Richard Nixon playing the Pan Am Co-Pilot too
I've worked with personalities like the KLM pilot, as I'm sure lots of folks have. Their ego comes before all else. There's no denying this tragedy was his fault, at the end of the day. Absolutely shameful that KLM refused to accept that responsibility.
There is no evidence that the actual pilot was like the one shown in the documentary, Also KLM took most of the responsibility....
There's absolute evidence. It's called the black box flight data voice recorder. Period. End of.
Screw KLM. Don't fly them.
@@rometotalwarftw have you ever heard of the flight data voice recorder? that's the evidence
@@victoranthony9037 Lol, that is not any evidence to determine what kind of person he was...
It brings back such horrible memories. We were on a hill when we saw the fireball. My friends Jean Pierre, Ronnie, Walter Bruce and I ran towards the runway in order to rescue survivors. The heat was so intense.
how bad was the fog though?
You saw the crash?!
@@fissalwasonline3944 right??!?! While it's cool to have been a witness in terms of historical events...It would be such a curse...I would never want to see that...no one would
Wow
uhu... yeah
As far as I'm concerned, one impatient, overconfident Captain caused it.
You must be Captain Obvious.
@@nickv4073 No!
Cape waves in the wind: I'm Cap'n Obviously!
Oh wait, you said Obvious. My bad.
😆
he was very, Very close to busting crew rest rules and didn't want to have to stay all night before he was legal to fly again. Also, they didn't have CRM back then.
@@nickv4073 settle down captain Happy! Lol
Pan-am is partially responsible too.
12:55 "I'm in serious danger of missing my dinner."
Too bad that statement came true and he actually missed his dinner.
Like Leonidas said in 300: Tonight, we dine in hell.
What he didn't miss was the Pan-am
Its so clear the KLM caused the crash. It doesnt matter the PanAm plane was confused which exit to take and was still on the runway. There is no confusion. KLM had not been given permission to take off.
All those innocent people gone because of some jerk who was a complete tool.
YES AND SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE KLM CAPTAIN WAS ARROGANT TOO
@@rp7r54 lol I think that's quite clear from the docu right? :D
@@rp7r54 Being a star pilot, it could happen. In fact, KLM even suggested he assist in investigation before learning he himself is involved in the accident.
I really hoped that the ATC didn’t blame themselves for the KLM pilot completely disregarding all the procedures required to take off
Sadly… the same day, one of the ATC controllers killed himself the same day after the even
The air traffic controller freaked out upon hearing about a fire on the runway.
@@deandre1972 NOOOOOO! So sad all because the captain was so full of himself.
@@deandre1972 Do you have anything to support that? I can't find anything about an air traffic controller killing himself that day or the day after.
@@deandre1972 I researched this and coud not find a source. Please post a link or it's just a lie.
Those two flight attendants are fortunate to have been such good friends...I am sure it has been a great comfort
The lady who survived and whose husband died in the flames. Heartbreaking 😢
This remains my favorite docu-drama on the Tenerife disaster. The actors, the interviews with actual passengers and crew, the clear presentation of all the coincidences that led up to the accident - all believable and well-presented. And still awful to comprehend.
This is the only documentary I’ve seen that not only interviewed the tour guide, Ms. van Lanschot, who did not reboard the KLM plane in Tenerife, but the boyfriend whom she stayed for. (And how cool that they were still together, at least in 2006 when this documentary was made!)
@@JosieJOK They're still married today! They're now in their 60s and have grandchildren.
@@RpGfreak901 That’s awesome!
There is only one thing this Doc doesn't have, yes Van zanten took off without permission, but in other Docs on this event, the Copilot of the KLM read back the ATC then added "we are now, at takeoff" so they thought they did have takeoff clearance. Then a hertodine interference when the Controller said "standby for takeoff I'll call you" and the Pan-am "we are still taxing down the runway clipper 1736" the KLM didn't hear any of this.
@@erika_itsumi5141 All other docs about this crash mention that hertodine. Ergo, this one is incomplete.
I've seen videos on the Tenerife crash several times from several different producers/channels/UA-camrs, and this one was very interesting in its own right. I enjoyed every minute of the video, and it was a truly horrible disaster.
The real video??
I was stationed in Germany with the Army at the time. GOD, WHAT AN AWFUL THING ! !
If he had waited few secs, 1min to get that clearance, that pan am would have left the run way
...imagine he actually took off the first attempt it would be disastrous too
Maybe with the first attempt the Pan Am would still be far enough away to get over it. Who knows. All I know is that Van Zanten is *100%* to blame.
I’m from Tenerife and this happened a long time before I was born, but I’ve been told about this accident many times growing up. It’s absolutely horrible what happened that day
The KLM Captain was at Fault he was Arrogant Impatient Had the sob Lived he should have been Charged for Homicide RIP to all who Perrished
YES AND ARROGANT
The KLM captain was a jackass for causing a tragedy that was horrible & he paid a heavy price for it.
@@christianbenn316 He paid it with his own death .
FINALLY someone did this story justice.
Well done all!
This accident has been used in training healthcare providers about safety processes and chain of commands.
Arrogance has no place anywhere.
That KLM Captain was the shining example of why Pride is one of the 7 Deadliest Sins. His pride took hundreds of lives. Including his own.
The most detailed reconstruction of this incident that I've seen. Good.
Thank you🙏
@@minetlav5110 did you take part in creating this documentary?
@@AceYoPro taking part in a watching👀
@@minetlav5110 Then why are you saying thank you to everyone who says this documentary is good (including myself)
@@AceYoPro what's wrong for saying thank you I that's a good words
I had an incident with lost items at Amsterdam airport and they did they same thing to me: deny and deflect. It turned out it WAS their fault and I got an apology out of them (very difficult). I have zero doubts that that pilot took off without permission.
The denial by the Dutch in incidents they are to blame for, is pathetic. The Dutch also mobilized their, "at fault misdirection cabal" in regards to the KLM volcano incident over Alaska. In short, the KLM/Dutch are unrepentant serial liars....
I really appreciate the reenactments to give a deeper and more personal view into how this all happened. Did not expect to watch this all in one sitting tonight but I just couldn't turn it off.
You should watch MonteurPilot if you want a more somber analysis. This reenactment made van Zanten look like cartoon villain, when in realitiy he was just severly stressed. Not excusing his disregard of his F/O and F/E though, who made very valid points to him
How terrifying! We all leave our trusts into pilots to get us to our destinations safely. This big headed captain caused all the decisions that day. May all those souls Rest In Peace.
People say that the KLM captain is arrogant
This accident contribute to the increased emphasis to Crew Resource Management. At that time, CRM isn't widespread yet.
@@rp7r54 Being the star pilot, arrogance can creep in if not careful.
@@dbclass4075 same goes with top consultants they become arrogant and forget a lesson in life COMPASSION
This event always send chills down my spine. Really really sad one
KLM pilot’s narcissism, inability to regulate emotions and unprofessionalism caused this unimaginable catastrophe. I hope after this, pilots have undergone psychological evaluation before they are made responsible to fly a plane. RIP to the innocent lives lost.
Exactly, he wasn’t going to allow himself to get grounded overnight so instead he was grounded for good.
yes, if we could hear the co-pilots, I know what they would have said, like a line from the movie red october:"you argon ASS, YOU KILLED US!!!"
I doubt a psychological evaluation would solve the problem of impatience.
Unfortunately not. We have suicidal pilots about 3 who deliberately crashed their planes. Pilots who can take off & land & switch auto pilot on yet when things go wrong high up they panic & end up crashing. Planes are too high tech, the balance is wrong.
@@andyvan5692 I thought of that exact same movie quote while watching this.
This crash had a profound influence on me when I was 9 years old. I remember kids talking about it in the school cafeteria the day after. I saw photos in National Geographic and other magazines. The photos of the aftermath are extraordinary. Some people seemed dazed, others hurt. A man’s clothes are burned and shredded, three people hug and look at the carnage. They must have felt an overwhelming sense of God’s mercy and grace. Someone wrote on here about the irony that this worst of all plane crashes did not happen in the air but on the runway. They were like two huge buses crashing into each other.
'They must have felt an overwhelming sense of God’s mercy and grace'
Oh yeah, as he wiped 583 people off the face of the earth...
@@Penguin_of_Death In their stake of shock, what they probably meant is that they survive at all.
MAN did that NOT YAHWEH
''God’s mercy and grace'' . . . Are you _serious . . .????_
(More like an ''omnipotent maniacs Divine Plan'' if you ask me . . . )
@@sharkamov Can you blame them? They are in a state of shock, considering the scale of the accident, and the mere fact they survive at all.
From what I’ve seen in this episode of ACI is….. When you’re the Captain of an aircraft you also have other pilots to help you. You have your first officer, & your flight engineer. To the first officer & the flight engineers, if whenever you see something is wrong, don’t be afraid to speak out, you both might see something that the Captain can’t or don’t because six eyes is always better than two. Same thing goes with hearing. Just because he’s the captain don’t ever think he’s all that.
Six eyes ARE better than two. ARE always follows more than one. IS follows ONE. A boy IS walking with his friends. The boys ARE walking home. The dog IS wagging his tail. The dogs ARE hungry. Get it, now? You’re welcome.
This accident contribute to the increased emphasis to Crew Resource Management. At that time, CRM isn't widespread yet.
@@dbclass4075 Did CRM even exist at that time?
@@whitevanman8703 Yes, but not as well-known. Still at its infancy.
You have to speak up. I see bosses, managers doing a lot mistakes over and over. you have to speak up specially if your life is in danger.
This video is by far the best version of this story, it's definitely more complete, thanks good one.
Yeah we try our best for you
I agree completely
Agreed..Despite knowing how things ended…I still found myself tensing up and gritting my teeth when Captain Van Zatten went full throttle hoping by some miracle his plane would clear the Pan Am Plane!!! I also found myself not liking him very much the way he barked orders and degraded his flight staff and co pilots!!!
5. H hi xo8pp ppl q
This is the one I've been looking for!
This is an unimaginable horrific tragedy for sure. I always found it interesting because technically being that it's the worst aviation accident in history it really happened on the ground and not a plane falling from the sky and then crashing or anything like that. I always found that to be interesting. The worst accident in history happened on the ground
It happened again in 1980 (bad pilots caused deaths)
No
The worst multi plane accident. The worst single air disaster was JAL 123 which unfortunately happened in the air.
That accident, air Alaska accident and Swiss Air 111 are haunting.
@@Fun_Sized_Gigi yup ... 520 people died in the jal123. that is disturbing 😢 I really don't know how most of those family members make it through something like that.... They are some of the strongest people I would ever know ....crazy
very true, actually this comment makes me feel a little safer in planes lol. rarely is it the plane's fault, so many times it's just pilots not knowing who to listen to, or choosing not to listen at all
The arrogance and ego of the KLM capt was unbelievable...filling up when there's no need, so causing a devastating fire, taking off without clearance and believing he was GOD so could do what he wanted.... he was entirely to blame for the deaths of nearly 600 ppl...this is why I'm terrified of flying as I trust no one...I feel so sorry for the controller's, they did a great job .....
This accident contribute to the increased emphasis to Crew Resource Management. At that time, CRM isn't widespread yet.
He paid for the consequences of his actions though, he died as well.
At Cherie Goodwin,
Read your comment. It is a duplicate of mine. You nailed it, because you recognised dutch arrogance.
You are right, this dutch so called pilot killed over six hundred people because of dutch arrogance.
You may notice that I spell the word dutch with a lower case "d". That is my disrespect for their arrogance.
You lot do realize that these documentaries are over dramatized to make the KLM capt look worse right?
@@imfrederic2312 dramatised or not these ppl still died and he was to blame, i remember seeing it on the news...
It's ironic that the worst aviation accident in history happened on the ground. R.I.P to all those who lost their lives.
The rules about communication changed because of this. Always giving the letter of where you turn off instead of "third" for example
That, and the instructions a pilot receives after announcing “ready for departure” got standardized. Now you will only receive 1 of 3 instructions: “hold short,” “line up and wait,” or “cleared for takeoff”.
The confusion about the taxi way wasn't really an important factor though. Main thing was that PanAm was still on the runway when KLM captain just ASSUMED he can take off.
He knew the airport is too covered in fog for nobody including the ATC to see anything. He knew another airliner was taxiing through the runway just minutes ago. He knew this is a small airport not used to this amount of traffic.
And yet despite all those factors the KLM captain just decided to take off without making 200% sure that the runway is in fact clear and they have takeoff clearance.
Repeat. Even if KLM captain misunderstood the ATC, he should be aware of the mortal danger and ask again to make sure. But he didn't do that. Even worse, he tried to take off before even asking the ATC for clearance.
The KLM captain is 100% at fault for this tragedy. To this day, I clearly remember when this happened, and the world was completely horrified. That captain was an arrogant douchebag who basically murdered all of those innocent people.
He was at fault, but 100%? A lot of factors caused it. He played a HUGE role but not 100%.
His family must be proud
@@naturalselectioninterventi4805 Who had the last clear chance to avoid the accident? He calls for proper clearance and finds out the runway isn't clear, or the time that takes lets the other jet turn onto the taxiway.
@@naturalselectioninterventi4805 More like 80% but he's primarily responsible. If you had all the other factors and captain who isn't a toxic asshole, probably would not have happened.
Terrible Tragedy..I remember to this Day when that Happened...Terrifying😥😥
The phrase "you crazy Dutch bastered" from Austin Powers has new meaning for me.
Had he waited for clearance from the control tower this would have never happened. I wish he had survived just so he can see the consequences of his ego, and his rush to take off.
That prick Van Zanten would have deflected the blame.
The pilot died instantly .... grilled to deth 🌹 RIP
I landed there when i was a kid 3 days after the crash almost happened again , fog in tenerife overshot the runway ,spent the night in Gran Caneria remember seeing all the wreckage , as we landed , will never forget it ,so sad , arrogent 'celeb' and old Tenerife airport the cause ! been back recently, Thanks Riena Sophia
Yes... it’s Some Kind of Negative Energy... a negative force 💀
AirLines interact... when they penetrate that atmosphere 💀
the crash almost happened again? this crash?
What do you mean you were there after the crash almost happened again?
@@lilyrrichard236 Sorry wrote that wrong , i landed there a couple of days after the crash , we overshot the runway pulled back up fast then had to spend the night in Gran Caneria , where they had had the bomb , landed in Tenerife the next day with the wreckage of the two 747s pushed to the sides of the runway , not a pretty site.
@@cliveanthonytraverse3271 God was right there with you. Memories are such a powerful thing! May God’s blessings always surround you. 🙏🙏🙏😍😍😍😍
The impatience of that KLM captain killed all those people.
No not really Incompetent people in aviation that don't regard bad weather as an obstacle to flying.
Just like Kobe Bryants helicopter flying in the worst weather.When will these flight experts get it?
KLM pilot’s narcissism, inability to regulate emotions and unprofessional behavior caused this catastrophe who can repay anyone for the loss of life!
Each time I’ve seen this horrific disaster it hurts my heart that much deeper….💔😭
I used to be a ground crew in Scotland airport’s 🏴 and whenever an danger strikes and a delay occurred the passengers used to bite us and the horrible behaviour we will get: they never understood it was for the safety of everyone. It’s so sad that a little mistake can take so many lives. RIP to all who lost their lives. So sad 😭.
that's horrible. :( people can be so rude and entitled
@@marifromky YES THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE.
YEA RIGHT! They blamed me last week Because of the fog, do pilots from Croatia think that im a wizard and i want them not to fly…!?
I’ve started watching a series called “Airline” and it’s crazy how entitled people act while on the ground. A recent episode there was a lady freaking out, like her life was ruined all because of a 2 hour weather delay. She has no idea.
It wasnt a little mistake, rather a series of BIG mistakes coupled with arrogance and grandeur on the KLM pilot's part. What an ass. He killed nearly 600 people just because he was in a hurry. Preposterous !
The Tenerife disaster was almost exceeded by a near mid-air collision which involved 677 people due to confusion over whether to follow TCAS or Air Traffic Control. They missed each other by just 135 meters. Unfortunately, it would take a mid-air collision over Germany that killed 71 people, 45 of whom were schoolchildren, to say that TCAS always has priority over Air Traffic Control.
That was those two Japan Air Lines planes correct?
@@jorgeifyaknowyaknow5930 the 71dead over Germany? No that is known as the Überlingen mid-air collision. In 2002
@@erika_itsumi5141 Think he was asking about the previous one, the 135 meter miss. I can't say I've heard about that one but I could be wrong.
@@erichusmann5145 oh the JAL 747 and DC10 one listened to TCAST, and the other listened to the controller.
@@erichusmann5145 I was talking about the previous one
This goes to show that you must wait until the controller gives you permission to take off. Otherwise something like this can happen
It’s actually insane that if that guy never went looking for the family they’d still be here
I really appreciate all the maps and diagrams this video shows.
One of the best things about this documentary compared to other Tenerife ones is they show the two different cockpit dynamics in vivid detail. I don't think it's based on any actual black box dialogue, but regardless it's a subtle hint at the biggest factor in this crash as the events start to play out.
On the KLM plane, Van Zanten is ruling the plane like a dictator, bullying his cabin and flight crew. Everyone is sick of his shit, but too scared to say it to his face. Meanwhile on the Pan Am, the flight crew are joking and bantering, clearly comfortable with and respectful of each other. You get the sense that if one of them caught a mistake, the others would listen to him. These are the kinds of artistic liberties that I'm absolutely okay with in dramatizations - ones that are believable, and complement the facts of the disaster.
I can imagine it might be based on actual black box recordings.
Ļ
Most of the dialogue is based on the CVR (voice recordings), so as to be historically accurate. All the KLM flight crew perished, but interviews with Robert Bragg would've given a pretty clear picture as to what was going on in the Pan Am (Capt. Grubbs and Flight Engineer George Warns died several years after the accident but before this was made).
The nostalgia. I used to watch this so much like 10 years ago.
This series is what made me fall in love with aviation
@@favoriteben67_86 me too
same my g
This dramatization and re-enactment of that infamous tragedy long ago,is very realistic and convincing. It keeps you at the edge of your seat.
40:50 - One reason for clearing out smaller traffic is to give larger planes in such a situation space for ground maneuvers
This has got to be the definition of “so close, yet so far”
The KLM pilot was too damn impatient and if he hadn’t had added fuel, he could of rotated up and missed the Pan Am jet on the runway. Very sad 😢 ( that actor on the KLM playing the pilot is Irish ☘️ you can hear his accent 🤷♀️). Impatient b*stard.
Yea, they really made him out to be an asshole lol
@@sc1338 I know, right? 🤣😂
@@sc1338 exactly, 'made out to be'. It's easy to lay the sole blame on someone who is dead and can't present their side of the story. He was definitely partially to blame, but it was a whole soup of factors that lead to this. Good documentary, nonetheless.
Are you sure the actor is Irish? I can hear a Dutch accent for real in parts.
I love that they expect passengers to trust what the flight attendants tell them. How can you trust them with their no-answer answers???.... They say they dont want people to panic... When people dont have an answer they start thinking through the worst case scenarios and thus causing MORE panic! Just be HONEST! Tell the passengers whats actually happening!!!
44 years later it brings back tragic memories
It sort of feels weird to give a thumbs up to the worst aviation accident ever....
Imagine what have felt the lady that decided to stay in the island to be the only survivor
The KLM plane was carrying too much fuel for the length of the runway and did not receive clearance. He also decided to fly in poor visibility. What a terrible shame for all the lives he took with him.
where do you find that that KLM was overloaded?
@@unnamedsource746 he loaded with fuel the plane before take off.
@@alexstar5182 Doesn't mean overloaded
The sad fact is that KLM Captain had probably taken off without permission many, many times before and had gotten away with it every time so he figured that this time would be no different. Unfortunately for Captain Van Zanten, his luck ran out on that day. When KLM heard of the accident, they tried to contact their star pilot to investigate the crash, only to find out that he had caused it.
The captain of the KLM 747 was also the pilot who went to Boeing, and ferried home the very first KLM 747 to Amsterdam in 1971. The Pan Am 747 involved in this disaster was the very first 747 to carry passengers in 1970. It was also the first 747 to be hijacked a short time after.
The fog is getting thicker...........And Leon's getting larger !!
Looks like i picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kudos to the actors playing the roles of the pilots. They're so believable.
I used to love flying! In the mid 1970's I moved to England, flying back and forth between Canada and England before I fully moved. I always flew British Airways, I was never nervous. I remember one flight I took, it wasn't full so I moved to those 3 seats in the middle aisle, lay down and slept most of the way. Now, 45 years later, I HATE flying, I am a basket case! I have family in China and went to visit a few years ago..19 hours it took! Of course, I would do it again....I think!
I watched this documentary and pretty much that I’m happy that this channel uploaded this video
Apart from 911, it's ironic how the deadliest aviation disaster happened on the ground.
This is by far the best flight disaster documentary I’ve ever seen. So sad so tragic. Excellent work by the reenactors.
No training existed at the time [I believe] for small airport traffic controllers to shut down all operations under such highly stressful and unexpected situations. All their focus was to getting the overcrowded runways clear of planes. It would have take a VERY strong individual to look at the fog and tell everyone 'OK, that's it! This airport is closed until further notice.' Soo sorry for all the families involved. Its amazing that anyone survived.
I am generally disgusted with Amsterdam and their refusal to accept responsibility and try placing the blame on other people when it is their people that cause such a terrible accident
Whew…I sobbed my heart out at all those deaths because of one man’s ego. I wonder what price he has paid.
May the Lord have mercy on them all.
You wonder what price he paid?? He fucking died.
@@laurenskee2665 no sh*t, Sherlock. That’s not what my comment was about at all.
@@miriamsamaniego3335 then why did you ask such a stupid question? What were you confused about?
@@miriamsamaniego3335 there's also an edit button if you'd like fix or change your question. You can also delete it if you get too embarrassed.
@@laurenskee2665 I’m talking about his soul and the accounting he had to give God. If you have a reading comprehension problem, I’m sure there are specialists that can help you.
For any major disaster - it usually takes a series of unlikely or unusual events to happen in a certain order for the disaster to finally unfold - and this tragedy was no exception.
That said - even without all the radio traffic confusion - if a dense fog has descended on the whole airport like it had here - and you can’t see 100 meters down the runway - any decent pilot should be double or even triple checking with the tower to be completely sure the other 747 had cleared off the runway before starting the takeoff run.
That KLM captain was in a BIG hurry - and it cost nearly 600 people their lives on that terrible day.
yep... but all this disaster took was for the KLM pilot to attempt a takeoff without clearance...
@@unnamedsource746 No, actually all it took for is to have tower allow two big planes on the runway on the same time, and dumb pilots of PanAm not to know how to count to 3 and exit on the third exit like they were instructed but stay on the runway longer as they should have!
@@vexystar3389 At the end of the day, despite the other variables, it would have been avoided had he waited for permission to take off after the Pan Am confirmed clearance. Period.
@@IllumiNauti at the end of the day it could have been avoided if the tower didn’t put two jumbo planes at the same time on the runway and just let one at the time. Simple as that
Smh you seem awfully biased
One guy who was on the Pan Am flight and survived wrote a book called...."Don't Wait For The Fire Truck"........and it took years later to write.
Totally avoidable accident !! The life of the two traffic controller must be difficult after the accident even though it wasn't their fault ! Very sad !!
I don't know if it's only me ..but the actors were so good.. especially the pilots and controllers
I love this version!!!Thanks so much for posting this!
I just think grounding all flights until visibility was better would have been the best option. Yes delays and possible cancelations may highly have ensued as a result of the grounding but it definitely would have prevented this.
Then again, such events as this have to happen in order for better measures to be put in place. This incident definitely have helped further better the communication between ATC and their flights they keep track of.
The tragedy was also a big factor in the implantation of Crew Resource Management, now used by all airlines. A system where the whole flight crew work as one team.
The re-fueling..... was a disastrous move
I love the way every single thing that played a crucial part in what happened is broken down into it's effect on the catastrophic outcome. There is a lot of learning in this episode and I am very grateful for being able to watch it!
Fun fact: it wasn’t a fog that was over the runway, it was actually a very low lying cloud that was at 600 meters while the airport sits at 640 meters.
There's nothing remotely funny about this disaster. Poor choice of words!
@@escapetheratracenow9883 Did I say it was funny? I said “fun fact”. Dunno where you got “funny” from.
Um, fog IS a ground level cloud...
@@SkunkApe407 Fog CAN be considered a ground level fog. The airport sits at 640 meters ABOVE sea level, with a cloud deck that was sitting at 600 meters in the area around the airport. In this case it was not a fog.
@@ScallywagBeowulf elevation levels vary all around the globe. If condensed atmospheric moisture is touching Terra Firma, it's fog. It really is that simple.
It's heartbreaking to work with someone as KLM captain he was arrogant to everyone,look now how many people died because of him,,,9 months later i was born,condolences to the families.
Thanks for the full story, I was waiting for long time to see this video, really appreciate it.
Dam this was so tragic, my hart goes out to the air traffic controller guys in the tower they've done the best they could with what they had
An arrogant, impatient Captain, who had started to believe his own hype was responsible. The weather may have played a part but bad judgment through out the whole time on the part of the Dutch Captain was responsible for this. And the Dutch government knows it. Overloaded with fuel there was no way he could get the lift he needed to avoid the other airplane. There's a huge difference between confidence and conceit. This is such a perfect example of an accident that most certainly could have been avoided. The other events were just happen stance that led to them being where they were. They were not the cause of the crash.
Listen to your intuition. On a much smaller scale, I felt we must cross the street, my husband argued but followed. A huge third floor brick balcony crashed down at the moment we would be underneath it.
So overwhelming to see how quickly our lives can changes. We shouldn't ever take life for granted, and give thanks to God for our blessings. 🙏😷🇺🇸🌎✌️
Amen