Incidents from the past coming back to remind us of them perhaps?

In the past week I have had this very strange experience which I couldn't clearly explain. Perhaps it was caused by watching too much Ancient Aliens episode that this place Tenerife had kinda stuck in my mind for days. Until yesterday only I had learnt that Tenerife is a place in the Canary Islands archipelago off the western coast of the African continent under Spanish rule.

This was how the story played out. For 2 weeks it was Tenerife Tenerife Tenerife I really couldn't get it out of my head no matter how I tried. I had wanted to Google where it was but never got around to it. I think I heard it on one ancient aliens episode where they mentioned about sightings of UFOs around that region. This was probably due to the fact that they have Mount Teide which, at 7500m from its base and a 3718m summit is the third highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island on earth and I'm thinking, aliens would probably be fascinated by places like that. The first two highest are Mauna Kea and Mauna Lua in Hawaii. Today, bored in the office during lunch time, I was browsing YouTube on my iPhone (with my own 2GB data plan, mind you!) and came across some vids of air crashes and accidents. Someone had shared it as a video on Facebook and because I rarely finish my monthly quota and my smart phone runs on LTE connection, I sometimes watch almost all the videos shared on Facebook and occasionally some on YouTube, One of it was almost like a movie and you could see the pilots and captain cursing while trying to run for their lives. 

Since it was the last air accident scene and looked so much like a movie, I decided to YouTube it to see if I could find more information on it and viola! I did. It was an air accident that happened on the runway of a small hilltop airport called Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife back in 1977, the year I was born. Two 747 jumbo jets had collided with each other during the takeoff of one in thick fog killing 583 passengers on board the 2 jets. The jet that was taking off was a KLM royal Dutch airlines flight 4805 carrying 234 passengers and 14 crew members and the one that got hit was a Pan Am flight 1736 carrying 326 passengers and 9 crew members. As a result of the accident, all passengers and crew members of the KLM flight died while there were 61 survivors from the Pan Am flight. It was dubbed the deadliest air disaster in aviation history and (touch wood) no other accidents has topped it yet and we all hope and pray that none will. The fatal incident happened on 27 March 1977. Sadly, around 8 months later, on 4 December 1977, a Malaysian Airline System (Now known as MAS) Boeing 737 airplane crashed into the straits between Johor and Singapore after it was purportedly hijacked and diverted to Singapore from it's original routine flight from Penang to Kuala Lumpur. 93 passengers and 7 crew members was killed instantly. I was born on 12 May 1977, the same year those air accidents occured.

Looking back at the unfolding events that led me to the discovery of this horrific accident in the annals of history was rather creepy to say the least. It felt as if something was trying to inform me about incidents that occurred during the time when I was born (and was still developing in my mother's womb). Perhaps it's just a mere coincidence and has absolutely nothing to do with anything.

On a brighter note, I also found out that alot of classics (songs) that I love today were big hits the year I was born as well. My fav are:

- Tonight's the night : Rod Stewart
- Dancing Queen: Abba
- Hotel California : The Eagles
- Lucille : Kenny Rogers
- Dreams : Fleetwood Mac
- Jet Airliner : Steve Miller Band

This is the top 100 chart of 1977 thanks to www.musicoutfitters.com which can be found at

1. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright), Rod Stewart 2. I Just Want to Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb 3. Best of My Love, Emotions 4. Love Theme (From "A Star Is Born"), Barbra Streisand 5. Angel In Your Arms, Hot 6. I Like Dreamin', Kenny Nolan 7. Don't Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston 8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher, Rita Coolidge 9. Undercover Angel, Alan O'Day 10. Torn Between Two Lovers, Mary MacGregor 11. I'm Your Boogie Man, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 12. Dancing Queen, Abba 13. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Leo Sayer 14. Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet 15. Telephone Line, Electric Light Orchestra 16. What'cha Gonna Do?, Pablo Cruise 17. Do You Wanna Make Love, Peter McCann 18. Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder 19. Hotel California, The Eagles 20. Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1, Marvin Gaye 21. Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky"), Bill Conti 22. Southern Nights, Glen Campbell 23. Rich Girl, Daryl Hall and John Oates 24. When I Need You, Leo Sayer 25. Hot Line, The Sylvers 26. Car Wash, Rose Royce 27. You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be In My Show), Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. 28. Fly Like An Eagle, Steve Miller Band 29. Don't Give Up On Us, David Soul 30. On and On, Stephen Bishop 31. Feels Like the First Time, Foreigner 32. Couldn't Get It Right, The Climax Blues Band 33. Easy, The Commodores 34. Right Time of the Night, Jennifer Warnes 35. I've Got Love On My Mind, Natalie Cole 36. Blinded By the Light, Manfred Mann's Earth Band 37. Looks Like We Made It, Barry Manilow 38. So In to You, Atlanta Rhythm Section 39. Dreams, Fleetwood Mac 40. Enjoy Yourself, The Jacksons 41. Dazz, Brick 42. I'm In You, Peter Frampton 43. Lucille, Kenny Rogers 44. The Things We Do for Love, 10cc 45. Da Doo Ron Ron, Shaun Cassidy 46. Handy Man, James Taylor 47. Just a Song Before I Go, Crosby, Stills and Nash 48. You and Me, Alice Cooper 49. Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin'), Johnny Rivers 50. Lonely Boy, Andrew Gold 51. I Wish, Stevie Wonder 52. Don't Stop, Fleetwood Mac 53. Barracuda, Heart 54. Strawberry Letter 23, Brothers Johnson 55. Night Moves, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 56. You're My World, Helen Reddy 57. Heard It In a Love Song, Marshall Tucker Band 58. Carry On Wayward Son, Kansas 59. New Kid In Town, The Eagles 60. My Heart Belongs to Me, Barbra Streisand 61. After the Lovin', Engelbert Humperdinck 62. Jet Airliner, Steve Miller Band 63. Stand Tall, Burton Cummings 64. Way Down, Elvis Presley 65. Weekend In New England, Barry Manilow 66. It Was Almost Like a Song, Ronnie Milsap 67. Smoke from a Distant Fire, Sanford Townsend Band 68. Cold As Ice, Foreigner 69. Ariel, Dean Friedman 70. Lost Without Your Love, Bread 71. Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band, Meco 72. Float On, The Floaters 73. Jeans On, David Dundas 74. Lido Shuffle, Boz Scaggs 75. Keep It Comin' Love, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 76. You Made Me Believe In Magic, Bay City Rollers 77. Livin' Thing, Electric Light Orchestra 78. Give a Little Bit, Supertramp 79. That's Rock 'n' Roll, Shaun Cassidy 80. Love So Right, The Bee Gees 81. Rubberband Man, The Spinners 82. I Never Cry, Alice Cooper 83. Nobody Does It Better, Carly Simon 84. High School Dance, The Sylvers 85. Love's Grown Deep, Kenny Nolan 86. Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman), Joe Tex 87. I Wanna Get Next To You, Rose Royce 88. Somebody to Love , Queen 89. Muskrat Love, Captain and Tennille 90. Walk This Way, Aerosmith 91. Cherchez la Femme / Se Si Bon, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band 92. Year of the Cat, Al Stewart 93. Boogie Nights, Heatwave 94. Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac 95. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Elton John 96. Don't Worry Baby, B.J. Thomas 97. Knowing Me, Knowing You, Abba 98. How Much Love, Leo Sayer 99. Main Title Star Wars, London Symphony Orchestra 100. Devil's Gun, C.J. and Co.