How One Pilot Caused The Worst Accident In Aviation History!

(Tenerife Disaster) Still to this day, the 1977 Tenerife runway crash of two Jumbo jets is the worst aviation disaster in the world. History has also decided that one man was ultimately at fault. This is the story of KLM Captain Jacob Van Zanten and how his rush to get back home to avoid overtime may have caused history's worst aircraft accident. But was it his fault?

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Video Scene Index:
0:00 - PanAm and KLM Arrive on Tenerife
2:33 - Where Is Tenerife
3:40 - Grand Canaria Airport Closes / Bomb Threat
5:29 - Who Is Capt. Jacob Van Zanten
7:06 - In The Shadow Of The Volcano
8:46 - Grand Canaria Re-Opens
9:30 - KLM Takes On Unneeded Fuel
10:58 - THE CRASH: Zero Hour
18:15 - History Blames Van Zanten

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