In 1997, the airport named Lon Rodeos airport in Spain had the most air traffic due to the rainy weather. At 12:05 pm there were 5 planes in the queue for takeoff. It was Sunday so only 2 teams were handling the control tower. The Pam Am flight is ready to take off but a KLM flight is refueling in front of them. They got a message that the KLM flight has finished refueling and is moving to the runway. The Pam Am flight is also following the KLM flight to the runway. Due to the bad weather, the air traffic control was having a problem seeing the runway so they only used the radio system. The KLM was moving to the runway but the Pam Am flight was also told to hold for taxi clearance on the runway. The KLM was on the runway and was ready to take off. At the same time, the Pam Am flight was told to take a right 180 degrees turn to runway A1 where the KLM was ready to take off. The air traffic control said to the Pam Am flight that stop for the KLM to fly. The KLM increased their speed to takeoff but the co-pilot was worried that is the runway clear. So, the KLM asked the air traffic control the Saud the runway is clear you can proceed to takeoff. The KLM was increasing their speed for takeoff. Then the co-pilot saw another plane moving towards. The plane that was coming towards the KLM was the Pam Am flight. The pilots of KLM increased the full speed of the plane so that it can take off before the KLM hits the Pam Am flight. The KLM was flying but the back of the flight hits the ground and couldn't fly. The passengers were shouting but unfortunately, the KLM crashed into the Pam Am flight. 384 people died and 22 were saved. The investigation team came and checked what happened that the plane crashed they found that the radio system was not working well due to the bad weather so the directions where the plane needs to move were not clear and due to the air traffic control, they couldn't understand that the both planes were flying at the same runway. This was the end of the runway crash.
Everyone knows that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. But, this is actually true, only if you measure the height of the mountain from the sea level. If you measure it from base to summit, it is actually the world's second tallest mountain. The first place goes to Mana Kea in the Hawaiian Islands - a one million-year-old dormant volcano that last erupted 4,000 years ago. Its peak is only 13,802 feet above sea level. As the bulk of the mountain is under water, from base to summit, it is 33,500 feet tall. That makes Mauna Kea almost 1 mile taller than Mount Everest. Because of its altitude and thin and clear air, it is a great place to see the stars. So, Mount Everest might not be the tallest or the farthest from Earth's centre. But, it is still the go to mountian for the extreme climbers worldwide.
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