In 1977, 583 lives were claimed when two 747 jets collided with each other on the runway of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. What the captain said in the final minutes stun to this day.
It was July 9,1982, and at almost 4 p.m. on a windy and rainy Friday, a fully loaded Pan American Boeing 727 began its final takeoff from the New Orleans.