The two 747s were not the only aircraft that were asked to divert to Tenerife due to the dramatic events that were unfolding ...

The relatively fortunate passengers – from Birmingham and Manchester on Ryanair and from Norwich on Tui, ended up at Tenerife North airport – an hour away by road from the main southern airport.

But the deadliest collision of two aircrafts - and the deadliest aviation accident - is the Tenerife airport disaster which killed 583 people. There were only 61 survivors. The crash took place on ...

Observed at 17:00, Thursday 27 March BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are Western European Standard Time (Atlantic/Canary, GMT) unless otherwise stated.