Danielle

the morning of March 27 1977, i drove my friend to the air port and we waited for a couple of hours when my friend borded the air plan i was about to leave but i stoped at Mcdonalds  and thats when it all happen.  my friends was on the KLM flight 4805. In an attempt to move Pan Am 1736 off the main runway, controllers instructed Grubbs to turn onto taxiway 3 (although taxiway 4 would have been better logistically to set up for takeoff). In any case, the weather was deteriorating. Grubbs was unfamiliar with Los Rodeos and had trouble locating the correct taxiway in reduced visibility.Van Zanten, in KLM 4805, had gassed up and was maneuvering toward takeoff himself. He was aware of the Pan Am jumbo, but had no visual contact. He asked for takeoff clearance and was told to stand by. Whether he misheard the instruction, or ignored it, van Zanten proceeded to go. What he didn't know was that Pan Am 1736 was taxiing down the runway directly toward him, still looking for its assigned taxiway.i think he missed heard the instruction cause why would any one take a chance like that.As the cockpit voice recorder later revealed,pan am  spotted the KLM jumbo's landing lights through the fog and screamed to Grubbs, who tried to steer his plane off the runway. It was too late.KLM 4805, at full throttle and lifting off, struck the other plane just aft of the starboard wing. Propelled by its forward momentum, the Dutch plane rose to an altitude of roughly 100 feet before nosediving into the runway and exploding in a fireball. Pan Am 1736 also burst into flames and broke into several pieces. Most of the survivors from that aircraft were seated forward of the wings.All 248 people aboard KLM 4805 were killed. On Pan Am 1736, seven of the 16-member flight crew, along with two company employees and 61 passengers, survived, although nine later died of their injuries. Grubbs was not among the survivors. if there was not a bomb scare at the airport that pan am 1736 was supposed to be this wouldn't have happen and my friend would still be alive with all the other people.