I am reading this book, "Sway : The Irresistible pull of Irrational Behaviour", where it gives the psychology behind irrational decisions.

The first case study in it was the world's worst Air crash, the Pan AM - KLM crash in Tenerife, where 583 people were killed.

The more I read about the accident, the more I am convinced about fate and the role that it plays in our life.

Two 747s that crashed on that fateful day, weren't even supposed to be there. There were supposed to fly to the Gran Canaria islands with loads of Holidayers.

And they were flown by the most experienced people in their respective airlines. The KLM flight was piloted by Jacob Von Zanten, the airlines chief flight instructor. He had appeared in KLM ads, as a metaphor for safety and responsibility.

The Pan AM pilots were no slouched too.

Just when they were about to land, a small bomb went off at the Gran Canaria airport & there was a call that a second bomb had been planted

As a result the authorities closed the airport and diverted all the flights, including the Pan AM and KLM to the nearby airport at Tenerife

Event 1 just happened.

Now Tenerife airport is a very small provincial airport. It was not equipped to handle big 747s. But it had no choice.

Amidst a lot of smaller planes, both the flights landed and jostled for space. It was at this point, von Zanten started worrying.