Hijacked 747 Later in Deadly Crash

Just nine months after its maiden commercial flight, the first Boeing 747 to fly a commercial route also became the first to face hijacking. Seven years later, this aircraft was involved in the Tenerife Airport Disaster, which occurred in 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) in the Canary Islands, Spain. In this tragic incident, two Boeing 747s collided on the runway, resulting in the deaths of 583 people, making it the deadliest aviation accident in history.

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