Dear Edward Owen "in Madrid" for the Telegraph,
may I suggest you refrain from writing about any technical issues to do with the accident. Putting your name to rubbish like this:
"El País reported that a pilot who landed half an hour before the crash informed Barajas control tower that the wind was "150-9" which meant from the south-east at nine knots. He hoped they would change the direction of takeoffs and landings accordingly since planes should take off into the wind and land with it."
does nothing but add to confusion and display the ignorance of you and your editor.