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Collision on Tenerife
- The How and Why of the World's Worst Aviation Disaster
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
The world's worst air disaster happened more than 40 years ago on a remote Atlantic Ocean island, when two fully loaded 747 passenger jets collided after a horrendous series of human errors.
One of the jets, KLM Flight 4805, was traveling more than 150 miles an hour and was within seconds of lifting off when it crashed into Pan Am Flight 1736 taxiing in its path. The loss of lives was staggering - 583 dead. The crash happened after a lengthy series of major and minor human errors. In the intervening years, has aviation advanced to the point that such a disaster can't happen again?
In this riveting account, written from the perspective of the passengers in the cabin as well as the crew members in the cockpits, Jon Ziomek explains how this largely forgotten accident took place - and what has happened since to reduce the possibility of another such catastrophe.
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- Amy Dennett
- 09-02-22
A must read/listen
Riveting, this has opened my eyes to the real tragedy of the Tenerife disaster. One of my favourite books to date
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- Fichops
- 24-10-20
Loved it!
Fascinating and detailed account, well narrated, good balance between the objective facts and the human story. I loved it and I will listen to it again.
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- Heather Law
- 10-10-23
Fascinating
Heartbreaking and fascinating. A deep dive into the hows, the whys and the whos of the worst air crash in history.
By the end I felt I knew these people.
Well narrated too.
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- Melmo25
- 04-03-22
Human side of a disaster
I've watched and read many things on this particular plane crash
This book offers so much more than cold facts , it offers real insight to how the people involved were affected by this crash. Have to admit I cried a few times, it was beautifully and poignantly written
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-09-23
the things humans can endure is breathtaking
This book is a pin in time and shows what normal people can endur and how air travel was (I remember people smoking on planes).
Heartbreaking and life affirming.
The info on behaviour was fascinating.
bravo. 5 * thoroughly recommended
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- Eileen
- 16-07-20
Gripping
This was a great listen from start to finish. Anyone with an interest in aviation should enjoy this book.
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- miss s j wilson
- 17-09-23
Great book
Great book, I have a terrible morbid fascination with all things aviation disaster related so this was right up my street. Very in depth and also the descriptions of actual people on the plane was very heart wrenching. Their lives afterwards. Very comprehensive and enjoyable in a macabre kind of way
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- Shane canning
- 22-12-21
second time listening
second time listening amazing story rip all very sad unreal to think this could happen
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- Brian Russell
- 29-08-23
Wooohh, what an insight to a tragedy
So much fascinating background information to this huge accident, really has opened my eyes to the personal problems that the survivors faced and indeed continue to face and the logistics in resolving all the issues.
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- Tors0
- 07-09-23
Fascinating
This book is not just an investigation of the physical crash but the emotion od actual passengers before and after the cataclysmic event.
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