Episode 62: The Tenerife disaster

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Until September 11, 2001, one aviation accident between two 747s was the deadliest aircraft crash by far, and only one of the planes just barely managed to make it off the ground. On March 27, 1977, everything that could go wrong did go wrong, one after another, leading to a deadly crash which left one group of prospective vacationers scrambling to escape a burning wreck.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, this is Jennifer Matterese, and before I get started with the episode today, let's just take care of the usual housekeeping.
0:07.0	If you've been wanting to hear a particular disaster on the podcast, now is an excellent time for you to push for it.
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0:27.3	them when and if I can but this will push your request to the front of the line this
0:32.8	episode is one of those requests and I'd like to thank Kat for suggesting it and for the donation.
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1:19.3	episode can be found at disaster area podcast.wordpress.com. Also, I will be using the English
1:26.5	translations of the Dutch statements made by the
1:29.8	KLM crew on the cockpit voice recorder just to make it easier for all of us, especially
1:34.7	me.
1:35.6	If I screw up French as badly as I do, God knows what I'll do to Dutch.
1:40.0	So thank you very much for listening and welcome to disaster area.
1:51.6	Episode 62, the Tenerife disaster.
1:56.1	March 27, 1977.
1:59.6	583 deceased, 61 injured.
2:04.5	Some disasters are like a carefully choreographed jewel heist.
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