The `` Pelikaan '' was initially registered Recording as PH-ALP and had been operated Being_in_operation by KLM since 25 August 1937 .

KLM Flight 607-E , a Lockheed Super Constellation named `` Hugo de Groot '' and registered was an international scheduled flight that crashed northwest of Shannon Airport , Ireland on 14 August 1958 .

On March 27 , 1977 , two Boeing 747 passenger jets , operating Being_in_operation KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 , collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport ( now Tenerife North Airport ) on the Spanish island of Tenerife .

The collision occurred Coming_to_be when the KLM airliner initiated Process_start its takeoff Self_motion run while the Pan Am airliner , shrouded Hiding_objects in fog , was still on the runway and about to turn off Motion onto the taxiway .

The impact Influence and resulting fire killed Killing everyone on board KLM 4805 and most of the occupants of Pan Am 1736 , with only 61 survivors in the front section of the aircraft .

The subsequent investigation Criminal_investigation by Spanish authorities concluded Coming_to_believe that the primary cause Causation of the accident was the KLM captain 's decision to take off Departing in the mistaken belief that a takeoff Self_motion clearance from air traffic control Control ( ATC ) had been issued Creating .

Dutch investigators placed Placing a greater emphasis on mutual misunderstanding in radio communications between the KLM crew and ATC , but ultimately KLM admitted that their crew was responsible for the accident and the airline agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to financially compensate Rewards_and_punishments the relatives of all of the victims .

Dutch investigators placed Placing a greater emphasis on mutual misunderstanding in radio communications between the KLM crew and ATC , but ultimately KLM admitted that their crew was responsible for the accident and the airline agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to financially compensate Rewards_and_punishments the relatives of all of the victims .

The 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident Catastrophe was the crash Catastrophe of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm via Copenhagen on 26 January .

The 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident Catastrophe was the crash Catastrophe of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm via Copenhagen on 26 January .

Moore 's body was flown Motion to Paris on another KLM aircraft , and she was buried Placing on 3 February 1947 with more than 500 people in attendance .