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Pan Am Flight 1736 had originated at Los Angeles International Airport, with an intermediate stop at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The aircraft was a Boeing 747-121, registration N736PA, named Clipper Victor. It was the first 747 to be delivered to an airline.
Victor Franklin Grubbs (b. 18 May 1920, d. 13 Mar 1995) was an American captain of Boeing 747 aircrafts. On 27 March 1977, when the Tenerife airport disaster occured, Victor Grubbs was the captain on board the Pan Am Flight 1736 747.
On this tragic 40th anniversary of the Tenerife disaster Clipper Crew remembers those who were in the worst recorded airline disaster to this day when KLM Flight 4805 collided with Clipper Victor, Pan Am Flight 1736 on March 27, 1977.
27 mar 1977 · Pan American World Airways’ Flight 1736, a Boeing 747-121, FAA registration number N736PA, named Clipper Victor ¹ was ready for takeoff with 380 passengers and crew, but had to “back taxi” on Runway 12 (“One-Two”) because the parallel taxiway was jammed with airplanes.
12 gru 2023 · Berta Lúcia Rodrigues was one of the fortunate survivors aboard KLM Flight 4805. As the Boeing 747 attempted to take off from Los Rodeos Airport, it collided with the taxiing Pan Am Flight 1736. The impact caused a massive explosion, engulfing the two aircraft in flames.
28 wrz 2020 · Stunned survivors mill about the burning wreckage of Pan American Boeing 747 Flight 1736 after it collided with another 747, KLM 4805, at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife on March 27, 1977.
27 mar 2024 · Los Rodeos, a smaller airport not equipped to handle the jumbo jets, became a congested hub for stranded aircraft. KL4805, a KLM Boeing 747, landed safely at Los Rodeos. However, PA1736, a Pan Am 747 carrying mostly vacationers returning to the US, was still airborne, waiting for clearance to land.
