"A light came on - but the pilot didn't know what it meant"
The Daily Telegraph reports one survivor as saying that captain, Antonio Garcia Luna, had warned passengers: "A light has come on, but I don't know what it means."
Ligia Palomino, 41, speaking from her hospital bed, told Spanish radio: "He said a light had come on but he didn't know what it meant." She described the moment the plane came down, saying: "Suddenly the plane started to shake, it was going from one side to the other untilit fell. Later I just remember people on the ground, smoke, explosions, and then I lost consciousness. I was saved by the paramedics. It's thanks to them that I'm alive. I feel like I've been born again."
The MD-82 crashed at its second attempt at take-off.The 164 passengers remained on board for 90 minutes while a fault was was repaired. Mechanics spent 40 minutes fixing the fault and the pilot signed paperwork saying he was happy with the inspection.At 14.23 it returned to runway 36-L and attempted to take off.