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Plane Tales

Tenerife

Mar 30, 2019 · 18 min · 18.0 MB
0:00-18:47

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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.