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Tenerife airport disaster

Took place on March 27, 1977

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The 50th anniversary falls on March 27, 2027, in 154 days.

On 27 March 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on a runway at Los Rodeos Airport on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 people and injuring 61 others in the deadliest accident in aviation history.

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