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Tenerife
Published 7 years, 3 months ago
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Recorded on the anniversary of the world’s worst air accident. A enormous loss of life that highlights the vital importance of standard radio procedures and the pressures of command. A word that still puts an icy hand around my heart when I hear it… Tenerife.
The KLM 747.
The Pan Am 747.
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Dutch National Archives, clipperarctic and Michel Gilliand.