CIIM terrorists bombed a florist shop in Las Palmas Airport on 27 March 1977 , injuring eight people . Members then threatened to explode a second bomb in the airport , forcing police to shut down air traffic while they searched for the bomb . The chain of events forced the closing of the airport , diverting traffic to the Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife , away , and contributed to the Los Rodeos airplane accident when two Boeing 747 airliners collided , resulting in the death of 583 people . it is the deadliest accident in aviation history
Los Rodeos airplane accident
Tenerife airport disaster
Canary Islands Independence Movement