Witness History: Witness Archive 2016 - Tenerife Air Disaster

Tenerife Air Disaster

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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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Published on Tuesday, 15th March 2016.

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