The two 747s were not the only aircraft that were asked to divert to Tenerife due to the dramatic events that were unfolding ...

At midday on March 27, 1977, Pan Am Flight 1736 from Los Angeles was nearing the Canary Islands - heading to Las Palmas Gran Canaria Airport. However a bomb at the airport set off by the Canary ...

Pan Am 1736 carries 378 passengers ... But as the plane taxis down the runway, the flight crew apparently can't decide whether Air Traffic Control considers this a taxiway proper.