Dan-Air Flight 1008 Tenerife Crash Kills 146, April 25, 1980
One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Date: April 25, 1980
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