ILS (Instrument Landing System) was installed. A new airport, Tenerife South Airport, was inaugurated on 6 November 1978, in response to the 1977 Tenerife airport disaster which resulted in the highest number of fatalities (excluding ground fatalities) of any single accident in aviation history. The south airport is situated at sea level to avert the occurrence of fog, one of the reasons for the crash. On 25 April 1980, Dan-Air Flight 1008 Boeing 727 crashed near the airport, killing all 146 on board, in a controlled flight into terrain accident. A new terminal was opened at Tenerife North Airport in 2002, comprising car park, motorway access ramps, and four-story terminal building, with 12 gates. In February 2003, Santa Bárbara Airlines transferred its Caracas service from Reina Sofía Airport to Tenerife North. An inter-island domestic area was opened in 2005. Using Airbus A330s, Air Europa introduced a direct route to Miami in June 2009. The airline initially intended to end the link in October. Before the maiden flight, however, Air Europa stated the service would run until January due to high demand. In late 2009, the company decided to make the flight permanent. Following a pause for aircraft maintenance, the carrier resumed services to Miami in June 2010. The route would operate every summer, and the last flight of the season took place in October. Nevertheless, the carrier then discontinued the link. Amid economic troubles in Venezuela, SBA Airlines, formerly known as Santa Bárbara Airlines, terminated its flights to Caracas in February 2014. Four years later, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas began plying the same route with Airbus A340s. Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Tenerife North: Statistics Accidents and incidents Tenerife airport disaster On 27 March 1977, Tenerife North Airport (then Tenerife Los Rodeos) was the scene of the deadliest accident in aviation history, which claimed the lives of 583 people. While attempting to take off, KLM Flight 4805, a Boeing 747-206B, collided with Pan Am Flight 1736, a Boeing 747-121, which was taxiing along the runway. All 248 passengers and crew on the KLM flight were killed, along with 335 occupants of the Pan Am flight; however, 61 of the passengers and crew on board the Pan Am survived. Neither of the two airliners was originally scheduled to land on Tenerife, as both flights were bound for Gran Canaria Airport but