Tenerife crash kills 580 as two jets collide on runway
Survivors describe chaotic scenes as Pan American and KLM jets collided at Santa Cruz Tenerife airport. Investigators travel from the US, Spain, and the Netherlands. Canary Islands authorities reroute flights amid storm and fog. Airlines report hundreds of passengers aboard and stabilize search for causes, with insurance payouts seen high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Charles Amador
Marina del Ray
Calif
KLM
Tenerife
United States
Netherlands
Madrid
Air Force
Canaries
West Germany
Santa Cruz
Las Palmas
Grand Canary Island
Peninsula resident recalls deadly KLM collision ordeal
A Peninsula resident describes a high speed near miss and the KLM crash with no survivors. He recalls following the jet, planned side pull over, and the instant chaos of explosions and fire as his plane was destroyed with him in the middle seats amid panicked passengers.
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KLM
John Harkette
Nashville
Tenn
Joan Jackson
Pan Ant
Feft
Dpa
Pan Am survivors list on board and crew details
A compiled roster lists Pan Am survivors from Page Mi diopkins with names and home towns across California Oregon Washington and New York. It names 21 passengers including Marianne Jakoubek Dorothea Kershaw Edward Lamp Atta Libert Isabelle Lord Maurice Magante Harold McGowan Grace McGowan Charles Miller Anthony Monde Bethene Moore Jim Naik and many others plus 6 crew members led by captain Grubbs Victor first officer Bragg and purser Kelly with flight attendants Joan Jackson Carla Donovan and Susanne.
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Diopkins
Caroline
Northbrook
Jakoubek
Marianne
Visalia
Calf
Kershaw
Dorothea
Ftorrege Springs
Calif
Lamp
Edward
Walnut Creek
Libert
Atta
Hemet
Lord
Isabelle
Long Boesch
Magante
Maurice
Sacramesto
McGowan
Harold
Laguna
Tanenwara
Roy
Kelowna
Canada
Jordan
San Francisco
Tartikoff
Enid
Trumbull
Col. Albert
la Mesa
Florence
Cali
Tyubit
Mario
Laguna Calif
Iterbert
Waldup
Lara
Laguna Hills
Cushif
Walker
Larey
Laguna Wills
Phyllis
Laguna Calif Waters
Col. Mera
Petaluma
Cahdy
Wiley
David
Palo Alto
Williams
Norman
Palos Verdes
Heck, Floy
Grubbs
Victor
Centerport
N.Y
Bragg
Robert
Honard Beach
Warns
George
Blairstown
Kelly
Dorothy
New Hampshire
Jackson
Joan
Nashville
Tenn
Johnson
Carla
New York City
Donovan
Susanne
Harrisburg
Tornadoes and floods hit southern Illinois causing injuries and transport disruptions
Tornadoes toppled homes and trees as heavy rain and flooding threatened Marion and other Southern Illinois areas. Winds damaged structures, power lines, and a twin engine plane while roads closed across the region. Amtrak trains were delayed and passengers bused between Carbondale Fulton Carbondale as waters rose statewide with multiple fatalities reported in Chicago and widespread flood warnings issued.
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Downstate
Mlinois
Marion
Amtrak
New Orleans
Carbondale
Fulton
Hartisburg-Raleigh
Chicago
Illinois
Ilinois
Brezhnev warns U S on dissidents in talks
Brezhnev opened nuclear arms talks with Cyrus Vance warning that U S support for dissidents in Russia could damage relations. Tass and U S officials described the closed session as expected, with Vance reading a formal paper and Gromyko stressing adherence to the Helsinki principles of equality and noninterference.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Cyrus R. Vance
Russia
Brezhnev
U.S
Tass
Carter
Vance
Hodding
Brezhneve
French premier Raymond Barre resigns amid reshuffle
Paris AP French Premier Raymond Barre handed his resignation to President Valery Giscard d Estaing. A presidential spokesman said he is expected to be reappointed after a cabinet reshuffle following strong leftist gains in nationwide municipal elections this month. Ministers who failed to win local votes are slated for replacement as Giscard d Estaing seeks a new team before the 1978 legislative elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Raymond Barre
Yaters Giscard D'Estaing
Giscard d’Estaing
Long Beach Travelers Fare Flight Tragedy In Loss List
Local passengers identified include Richard and Ruby Mueller of Long Beach among those not on survivors list after the Mayday flight from Los Angeles. Their daughter Ullrich said the couple planned a long anticipated Mediterranean cruise trip.
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Richard
Ruby Mueller
Coralite St
Long Beach
Ruby Ullerich
Esther Bartholomew
Tivoli Drive
Naples
Helen Stewart
Laguna Mills
al Bartholomy
Milton
Mattie Hirshfield
Palo Verde Ave
Norm W. Williams
Ted Younes
Rancho Palos Verdes
Younes
Middlecrest Road
George J
Helen Berns
Mirador Ave
Berns
Los Angeles
Miss Blackburn
Miss Lord
Esther Rancier
Rancier
Los Angeles State University
Muellers
Mrs. Younes
Williams
Ted
New York
Charles Amador
John
Record death tolls in historic transportation disasters
The Canary Islands crash of two 347 jets on Sunday killed 580, the worst aviation disaster. Guinness lists 1457 Germans killed aboard Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 and a 1917 Modane derailment with 54 deaths as major rail losses, plus 129 US Navy sailors aboard the USS Thresher in 1963 as the worst submarine disaster.
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New York
Canary Islands
Poland
Wilhelm Gustloff
Baltic
Modane
France
U.S.S. Thresher
Atlantic
Boston
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Brusco
Portland Oregonian
Cotten
Pan American
Screw
Royal Cruise Lines
Holland International
Antonio Cubillo
Pam
Grand Caury
Paul VI
London
Lloyds of London
Azores
Spain
Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Portugal
Cavablena
Morocco
Algeria
Mauritania
Ordeal
Peninsula
Tunway
Cala
Monde
Tsobel
la Mer
Moore
Bethene
Naik
Jim
Cupertino
Nark
Elfreida
Cupertro
Pinkstaff
Charles
San Uresa
Reynolds
Bennett
San Leandro
Califay
Madeline
Rich
Pamela
Woodlake
Ridoat
Edgar
Alpine
Cane W. Schlecht
Erma
Palm Sariniss
Simon
Meyer
Mrs
Ethel
Los Angules
Sinnett
Michard
Longview
Wash
H. Sinnett
Sparacino
Medford
Associated Press
L.B
Taple
Eid
Atlantic Ave
N.L.B
JRE
Temmbey
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