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Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten (5 February 1927 – 27 March 1977) was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. He was the captain of the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 which was involved in the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history. ==Biography== Born in Lisse, Netherlands, Veldhuyzen van Zanten obtained his private pilot's licence on 21 June 1947, and his commercial pilot's licence on 18 April 1950. That year, he began working for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as a flight director, and in 1951, he commenced duty as a first officer on the Douglas DC-3. He then obtained his Flight Radio Telephone Operator's Licence on 22 September 1952, Airline Transport Pilot's Licence on 19 October 1956, and Flight Navigator's Licence on 6 August 1963. On 23 January 1971, Veldhuyzen van Zanten was type-rated on the Boeing 747. That same year, he, along with two of his colleagues, went to Seattle to take delivery of KLM’s first 747, the ''Mississippi'' (registered PH-BUA).〔 At the time of the disaster, he had 11,700 flight hours (1,545 of which were on the Boeing 747). In addition to his duties as a regular airline pilot, he had been promoted to chief flight instructor for the Boeing 747. At the time of his death, he was in charge of training all of KLM's pilots on this type of aircraft and the head of KLM's flight training department. Jan Bartelski, a KLM captain until 1978 and later president of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations, was a contemporary of Van Zanten and knew him personally. In his book ''Disasters In The Air'', he describes Van Zanten as: And adds that: Shortly before the disaster, Veldhuyzen van Zanten was photographed for KLM's advertising campaign.〔() KLM advert〕 While this has been attributed to his high position within KLM, Jan Bartelski, for instance, argues that Veldhuyzen van Zanten was photographed simply because he was the only captain available (due to his responsibilities as a flight instructor) to KLM Public Relations, as others were away flying.〔 When the news of the disaster broke, the KLM executives looked for Veldhuyzen van Zanten to lead their investigation, only to realize that he had been involved in the accident.〔Smith, Patrick: "A look back at the catastrophic chain of events that caused history's deadliest plane crash 30 years ago." ''Salon''. April 6, 2007. Retrieved on December 21, 2012. (1 ).〕 Veldhuyzen van Zanten lived in Sassenheim, Netherlands, and was survived by his wife and two children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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