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Topic: Tenerife 30 years ago.

Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 03-27-2007 04:02 PM

Exactly 30 years ago 2 Boeing 747 of PanAm American Airways on there way to the ms Golden Odessy and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on there way home to Amsterdam, collided by take off coursing the biggest air disaster to date al passengers except 1 (she survived the crash by not boarding the plane) of the KLM 747 died
Only 62 passengers and crew of the PanAm 747 survived the crash. Sadly later it appears that several factors contributed to this crash 1 of theme the bad communication a/b the KLM plane.

Al day here in the Netherlands news and program's remember that fatefully day back in 1977. On Tenerife there is an special remembrance ceremony fore the victims.

Just a Little lat of 6 still remember those images on t.v. and later back in the Netherlands the remembrance service in the 747 hangar of KLM the hundreds of coffins of the victims brown fore the male passengers and white fore the female passengers and the small ones (special the small ones) fore the children.

Later it appeared that the grand parents of one boy at my school where on that plane. It was al that sad and somber.

Fore those who died my thoughts.

Ben.

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 03-27-2007 07:18 PM

Oh my yes...I do recall that one. It was so terrible when that happened. They were talking about it on the local news tonight. They say there is still a risk of it happening again. That was terrible news to wake up to that morning.

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 03-28-2007 12:32 AM

I remember that Sunday very well. I was sitting in front of my TV not paying too much attention to the program that was on. I was reading "Destination Disaster", a book about the 1974 Turkish Airlines DC-10 crash near Paris (the infamous DC-10 cargo door opened) when the TV program was interrupted by a "special" news bulletin. I said "oh, oh!" to myself. What an eerie coincidence. It still sends shivers up my spine when I am reminded of the crash.

Brian

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Johan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4458

posted 03-28-2007 04:04 AM

I remember it too. Very bad news.

Accidentally, it seems that the majority of the passengers on the Panam airplane were on their way to a cruiseship. I read somewhere the thoughts of an officer who saw the keys of the empty cabins rinkling in the night with the movement of the ship. Similarities with the Concorde disaster.

Let's hope such things don't occur again.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 03-28-2007 05:14 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Johan:
I remember it too. Very bad news.
Accidentally, it seems that the majority of the passengers on the Panam airplane were on their way to a cruiseship. I read somewhere the thoughts of an officer who saw the keys of the empty cabins rinkling in the night with the movement of the ship. Similarities with the Concorde disaster.
Let's hope such things don't occur again.
J

Sadley a'm affraid this wil happen again Johan. Now with the A380 comming in service over a view months, it's possible that 1 plane is able to kill more poeple thene died in Tenerife.

Ben.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 04-01-2007 08:49 AM

Yes, the pax were on their way to the Golden Odyssey, the first ship of Royal Cruise Line. BTW, what ever happened to that ship? Is she still sailing? And for whom?

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 04-01-2007 09:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Johan:

Accidentally, it seems that the majority of the passengers on the Panam airplane were on their way to a cruiseship. I read somewhere the thoughts of an officer who saw the keys of the empty cabins rinkling in the night with the movement of the ship.
J

Here's an excerpt from the book "Salute to the CROWN", written by Frank O. Braynard:

"On board one of the airliners were most of the passengers headed for a cruise on GOLDEN ODYSSEY, as well as staff of the company. In the face of such a stunning blow, there was little alternative. Together, the company and remaining passengers quietly decided to go on with the cruise, as a sort of memorial to their lost friends. An officer of the GOLDEN ODYSSEY recalls that the enormity of the disaster really dawned on him when he walked down a hallway on the first night. Seeing most of the stateroom keys still swinging from the door locks, he was forced to remember that each empty cabin would have been occupied by old friends he would never see again, or new ones he would never know."

Rich

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Green
First Class Passenger
Member # 171

posted 04-02-2007 10:28 PM

I also remember that awful disaster. We'd spent 2 glorious weeks exploring Tenerife over Christmas and New Year.
Our arrival from Madrid was much delayed by fog. We landed in Puerta de la Cruz (on an Iberia flight) around 3 a.m so saw nothing of our surroundings.

Our departure was on a bright, cloudless day. I recall saying to hubby that I really didn't want to ever again arrive in the middle of the night. With Mount Tiede rising sky high on one side and the ocean on the other, there was absolutely no margin for error on that runway.

It is one of the most beautiful spots in the world and hopefully, this Fall we'll visit again - this time from a cruise ship!

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petede
First Class Passenger
Member # 3459

posted 01-05-2014 12:34 AM

I hate to dredge up old threads, but I thought this would be easier then starting a new one. Does anyone know when the Golden Odyssey was scheduled to leave on its cruise in 1977 and the ports involved? I understand that the Pam Am flight was charted and filled with the ships passengers. I am hoping the someone has an old Royal Cruise Line catalog. Doesn't seem like it's almost 37 years ago.

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PamM
Cruise Director
Member # 2127

posted 01-08-2014 02:14 PM

See here. It seems they did go from Las Palmas to Madeira, Casablanca, Tangier and Gibraltar where the article appears to have been written as she was on her way to. Then it says on to Majorca, Malta, Messina, Crete & Piraeus.. but if you want exact detail might be better to find someone who was aboard.

Pam

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petede
First Class Passenger
Member # 3459

posted 01-10-2014 03:37 PM

Pam thank you for that article! It answers a lot of questions I have, the only thing I can't gleam from that story is, was the Golden Odessy scheduled to leave March 27 or March 28 th for its cruise?

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