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The Tenerife disaster fundamentally changed how aviation safety is approached.

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Transport accidents involving 10 or more fatalities. Transport accidents involving 10 or more fatalities

The tower controller responded with route clearance, stating: "KLM eight seven zero five, you are cleared to the Papa Beacon, climb to and maintain flight level nine zero, right turn after takeoff, proceed with heading zero four zero until intercepting the three two five radial from Las Palmas VOR." What began as a personal spreadsheet in the

The site was founded by , an aviation enthusiast and systems engineer (often cited under the pseudonym "Ron R. from the NYC area"). What began as a personal spreadsheet in the early 1990s—a simple log of notable crashes—grew into a sprawling database. Ron’s stated mission was straightforward: To provide a complete, factual, and respectful record of every commercial airplane accident with a fatality count, from the early days of flight to the present.

In a tragic misunderstanding of terminology, Captain van Zanten interpreted this routine route clearance as authorization to physically take off. He released the brakes and advanced the throttles.

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