March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield this island. Within three hours, 583 people would be dead. This film reconstructs the moments leading up to the tragedy.

Crash of the Century

Factual

Documentary

One of the worst air disasters in the 1970's when two passenger airlines collided in the Canary Islands.

One of the worst air disasters in the 1970's when two passenger airlines collided...