Overview
March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours 583 people would be dead. This film reconstructs the moments leading up to the tragedy.
Production
Galaxie
Cast & Characters
Mark Halliley
narrator
Randall Holden
Victor Grubbs
Antonio Cubillo
Self (archive footage)
Directors & Crew
Chantal Hébert
Director
Thomas Forwood
Writer
Anne de la Chaume
Writer
David Bedard
Writer
Screenshots & Stills
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