Tenerife - Los Rodeos, 27 March 1977

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"And we're still taxiing down the runway, the clipper one seven three six."

For those of you using Google Earth, here's an overlay recounting the worst disaster in aviation history. 583 people lost their lives when two 747s collided on the runway.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/124675

Further links:

http://home.hccnet.nl/joost.meer/crash.html (incl. voice recorder transcript)
http://www.airdisaster.com/special/special-pa1736.shtml

And a site that is generally very interesting:
Aviation Safety Network (http://aviation-safety.net/index.php)
Statistics page (http://aviation-safety.net/statistics/)
The worst disasters in history (http://aviation-safety.net/statistics/worst/worst.php?list=worstcoll) - for Thailand, it was the 26 May 1991 Lauda Air crash (http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910526-0) with 223 deaths
KLM-Pan Am, Tenerife 1977 (http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770327-0)
Their version of the CVR transcript (http://aviation-safety.net/investigation/cvr/transcripts/cvr_kl4805.php)
They also have a newsletter (http://aviation-safety.net/digest/) for aviation accidents. Subscription recommended.

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Yet another description of the accident:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_Airport_Disaster

Also at Wikipedia: this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:647116.jpg) aerial view of Los Rodeos Airport (Tenerife Norte, TFN), clearly showing the layout of the connections between runway and taxiway (compare here (http://home.hccnet.nl/joost.meer/pics/tenerifeDiagramGB.gif) and here (http://www.airdisaster.com/special/diagram.jpg)). The KLM plane was coming from the far end.