Aviation's Deadliest Accident Happened on the Ground
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Tenerife, 1977: 583 lives lost without ever leaving the runway. Fog, a bomb-threat diversion, and radio phrases that meant different things to two crews. In this video: • The diversion that crowded a tiny airport • 'We are now at takeoff': the fatal ambiguity • Fog, frequency clashes and a captain in a hurry • How Tenerife rewrote the language of the cockpit #aviation #tenerife #aircrash #crm
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