#OTD in 1980: Dan-Air Flight 1008, a B-727, crashes in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) all 146 aboard die. Jet impacted a mountain after crew made a wrong turn entering an unpublished holding pattern. Factors: crew actions, weather (fog), ambiguity in ATC instructions, others.
#OTD in 1980: Dan-Air Flight 1008, a B-727, crashes in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) all 146 aboard die. Jet impacted a mountain after crew made a wrong turn entering an unpublished holding pattern. Factors: crew actions, weather (fog), ambiguity in ATC instructions, others.
#OTD in 1980: Dan-Air Flight 1008, a B-727, crashes in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) all 146 aboard die. Jet impacted a mountain after crew made a wrong turn entering an unpublished holding pattern. Factors: crew actions, weather (fog), ambiguity in ATC instructions, others.
#OTD in 1980: Dan-Air Flight 1008, a B-727, crashes in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) all 146 aboard die. Jet impacted a mountain after crew made a wrong turn entering an unpublished holding pattern. Factors: crew actions, weather (fog), ambiguity in ATC instructions, others.
#OTD in 1980: Dan-Air Flight 1008, a B-727, crashes in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) all 146 aboard die. Jet impacted a mountain after crew made a wrong turn entering an unpublished holding pattern. Factors: crew actions, weather (fog), ambiguity in ATC instructions, others.
#Thread BBC Panorama documentary on the crash produced in 1980. Note it also extends to the poor conditions in some European Airports in the day (Including Madeira). A very good video
#Thread Link to Accident Report and Appendices (English Translation of the Spanish Original document) https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/8-1981-boeing-72-g-bdan-25-april-1980
8/1981 Boeing 72, G-BDAN, 25 April 1980

https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/8-1981-boeing-72-g-bdan-25-april-1980
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