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The Deadliest Plane Crash

Season 33, Episode 15 of 19

NOVA investigates the collision of two Boeing 747 airliners on the runway at a tiny airport in the Canary Islands -- in which 583 passengers and crew died. With heart-breaking survivor interviews and authentic reenactments, "The Deadliest Plane Crash " pieces together the clues that led to a fatal take-off decision by the highly experienced captain of the KLM 747, who couldn't see the Pan Am 747 still parked on the runway, lost in the fog ahead of him.

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