The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault Attack by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands .

The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault Attack by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands .

In April Jervis shifted Change his gaze Perception_active to Tenerife upon hearing Know that Spanish treasure convoys from America arrived Arriving regularly at that island .

Four days later , the `` Alraigo '' arrived at Arriving Santa Cruz de Tenerife with the Sea Harrier still perched Placing on its container .

At the time , Flight 981 was the deadliest plane crash in aviation history until 27 March 1977 , when 583 people perished Death in the collision of two Boeing 747s in Tenerife .

Iberia Airlines Flight 401 was a routine flight from Madrid International Airport in Spain to Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife .

This crash Catastrophe killed Killing all 346 people on board , making it the deadliest in aviation history until the 1977 Tenerife airport disaster Catastrophe and the deadliest single-aircraft crash Catastrophe until the 1985 crash Catastrophe of Japan Airlines Flight 123 .

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 .

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 .

After the battle Hostile_encounter , Allemand was forced Motion to conduct repairs Recovering at Tenerife , sailing Motion again on 17 October , four days before the French Mediterranean Fleet was destroyed Destroying at the Battle of Trafalgar .

As of 2019 , Avianca Flight Self_motion 011 remains the second-deadliest aviation accident Catastrophe in Spanish territory behind the Tenerife airport disaster Catastrophe .