The two 747s were not the only aircraft that were asked to divert to Tenerife due to the dramatic events that were unfolding ...

It should have landed at Tenerife South Airport at 1.30pm. Flight trackers show the flight departed on time, heading west towards Ireland before flying south-west in the direction of the island.

The cabin crew had called ahead to the local island police to arrange to have the woman removed from the plane as soon as they touched down at Tenerife South Airport. The Canary Islands police ...

But the deadliest collision of two aircrafts - and the deadliest aviation accident - is the Tenerife airport disaster which killed 583 people. There were only 61 survivors. The crash took place on ...