Frozen in a Burning 747 (Tenerife Air Disaster 2)
From Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Published 1/17/2025
Two airplanes have just collided on the runway at Tenerife Airport. While no one on the Amsterdam-bound KLM plane survives the resulting fireball, 71 Pan-Am passengers and crew make it off their plane. But could it have been more? Why did so many Pan-Am passengers die, even though they…
