Tenerife
March 27, 1977. At 2:00 in the afternoon, a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners. An explosion at a nearby airport had redirected air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours 583 people would be dead. This film reconstructs the moments leading up to the tragedy.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 2005 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Chantal Hébert |
| Runtime | 87 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.0/10 (1 votes) |
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The film constructs its narrative with forensic precision, relying on cockpit voice recordings, survivor testimonies, and official reports. It explores the cascade of human error and miscommunication under pressure, rather than assigning simple blame.
What lingers after viewing is a profound sense of tragic inevitability, built from a series of small, understandable mistakes. A sobering study of systemic failure. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Chantal Hébert
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