Madrid Crash Response
This is a tragic accident and IMHO it is too early and inappropriate to speculate as to the cause. From the photos I would say that it was a miracle than anyone got out alive from this.
I also believe that the crash response by the various Spanish agiencies was first class and that lives have no doubt been saved as a result. It makes me question though what kind of response one might expect to an accident of this magnitude in most countries of the world - including the UK.
Bambi buckets from helos in the UK - I don't think so! The fire and medical first responders looked like they had also trained for this and knew what to do. Well done. The fact that flying ops continued on other runways (at a reduced capacity) was quite impressive too. If this had happened in the UK I think there would have been mass diversions and delays.....
Via con Dios.
MB