Originally Posted by
Herod
I've not read it for a long time, but wasn't it on the CVR that the FO pointed out they did not have clearance?
He pointed out that they did not have a route clearance when Captain van Zanten pushed up the throttles over a minute before the crash. He again questioned if Pan Am was off the runway when van Zanten started a takeoff roll without a takeoff clearance. It was the era of the 747 Sky God.
Excerpts from the translated Spanish accident report:
