On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 04:57:36 -0500, John Keeney wrote:

"L'acrobat" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message
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About the world's worst airplane disaster at Los Rodeos airport in the
Canary Islands on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two jumbo jets (KLM Boeing 747
PH-BUF and Pan American Boeing 747, N736PA) collided on the runway
after KLM's most senior pilot Captain Jacob van Zanten commenced
takeoff without proper clearance from air traffic control. Fog,
confusing radio communication, Captain van Zanten's impatience to get
airborne (and get home before he exceeded his duty time) contributed
to 583 deaths.

You don't think that 9/11 rather trumps this as the worlds worst airplane
disaster?

Different class of animal all together: an aircraft accident vs an attack
using aircraft. If not, I suggest certain events in 1945 must surely
trump 9/11 as well.

Certainly, if you're attempting to find the event involving aircraft
which had the most casualties.

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