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Old 21st Aug 2008, 16:41
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from the spanish newspaper "el mundo"

Los dirigentes de la aerolínea Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), a la que pertenece Spanair, han justificado el despegue del avión siniestrado ayer en una multitudinaria rueda de prensa celebrada en Madrid. No obstante, admitieron que el avión presentaba un problema de "calentamiento excesivo en una toma de aire", que fue "aislado" y, posteriormente, la nave "fue despachada para el vuelo".
Ante la pregunta sobre si aislar el problema significa solucionarlo, el subdirector general y director de producción de Spanair, Javier Mendoza, aseguró que hay distintas formas de tratar el problema y que, en esta ocasión, "se aisló el sistema quitando el interruptor que le da energía".
Mendoza afirmó que "ésta es una condición que es aceptable para el vuelo y es una práctica normal. Hay un documento que es la lista de equipos mínimos que refleja esta actuación". Por tanto, según estas explicaciones, la avería no fue totalmente reparada, sino "aislada".


In a massively heavily attended press conference in Madrid, the Management of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), to which Spanair belongs, has justified the take-off of the crashed airplane. Nevertheless, they admitted that the airplane had a problem with “over-heating in an air-intake valve”, which was “cut-off” and then the airplane “was sent on its way”.

Faced with the question of whether cutting off the problem means fixing it, the assistant general manager and production manager of Spanair, Javier Mendoza, maintained that there are different ways of dealing with this problem and on this occasion “the system was cut off by turning off the switch which gives it power.”

Mendoza stated that “this is an acceptable flight condition and is normal industry procedure. There is a document which is a list of minimum equipment requirements which supports this action”. Therefore, according to these explanations, the breakdown was not completely repaired, it was “cut off”.
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