Tenerife accident

1. Why were the aircraft diverted to Tenerife?

2. Where were the KLM and PAN AM 747s parked?

3. Why was the PAN AM’s departure delayed?

4. What taxi instructions were given to the KLM?

5. What was the radio exchange between ATC and the KLM at the take-off position?

6. What did the KLM crew do?

7. What was ATC’s last message to the KLM?

8. What transmission did the PAN Am make on hearing the call to the KLM?

9. What taxi instructions did the PAN AM receive?

10. How did ATC indicate which taxi-way the PAN AM should use?

11. What was the conversation between KLM captain and flight engineer?

12. What was the runway visibility?

13. What tracks were found on the runway?

14. How much do you think the following factors contributed to the accident, and why?

15. Duty time

16. Visibility

17. Taxi-way identification

18. Misunderstanding on R/T

19. Who was to blame?