# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-veldhuyzen-van-zanten
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:42:24.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-veldhuyzen-van-zanten"
name: "Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten"
slug: "jacob-veldhuyzen-van-zanten"
description: "Jacob Louis \"Jaap\" Veldhuyzen van Zanten was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. He was the captain of the KLM plane involved in the Tenerife airport disaster and died in the collision, which is the deadliest accident in aviation history. He was KLM's chief instructor and commonly appeared on advertising."
tagline: "Dutch pilot (1927-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VvZ_Westgaarde.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1927-02-05"
deathDate: "1977-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.242479489516864
  historical:           14.41681333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump