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This article is the 11th in a series on landmark events in aviation since Flight Safety Foundation was founded in 1945.
Throughout aviation history, runway accidents — collisions, incursions, excursions, and wrong-runway takeoffs and landings — have been among the most constant threats to safety.
Runway excursions are among the most frequent accident types (in 2024, second only to turbulence encounters), and runway incursions are among the most fatal. One runway accident — the 1977 collision of two Boeing 747s on the runway at Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airpor…
