When did the airport disaster which involved Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten as the captain happened?
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten (5 February 1927 – 27 March 1977) was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. He was the captain of the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 which was involved in the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history.
1960 Munich C-131 crash On 17 December 1960, a Convair C-131D Samaritan operated by the United States Air Force on a flight from Munich to RAF Northolt crashed shortly after take-off from Munich-Riem Airport, due to fuel contamination. All 20 passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground were killed.