And, of course, reactions unfold as investigation continues.
-Spanair declares: procedures call for three checks of the take off systems before each flight, specially flaps. And they check the alarms every morning and every time pilots change or are away from the airplane for "a long time". They say that many airlines in the world follow this procedure currently for this MD-82 model.
-Spanair didn't receive any recommendation from McDonnell Douglas for checks for the take off configuration alarm for each flight, according to them (this was expected). They never knew the recommendation was made, or that it even existed. Regardless, the recommendation wasn't mandatory.
-Spanair's procedures are approved by the Civil Aviation authorities in Spain.
-CIAIAC still not commenting on the slats.
-Samples of the JET A-1 fuel taken from the tanks that the airplane used to fuel have been analysed and were found compliant with specifications.
-Weather was always good around the time, perfect visibility, soft winds always between 2 and 7 knots, temperature between 28 and 30 degrees celcious.
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