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Old 18th Sep 2008, 17:50
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justme69
 
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Already in youtube and liveleak if anyone has trouble watching it from the source. The clip is from the airport security camera with audio from some airport ground personel close to the site that witnessed the accident and comunicated to airport security, I think.

In the audio, the person calling says they think there's been an accident, and are trying to relay what runaway they think it happened at. They are asked if they know if it was an airplane. She asks somebody else that seems to be the "real" witness, and answers that she is not sure but she thinks so and all they can really see is the smoke and flames. The person at the airport asks security to patch in a video feed from 36R urgently, and then she sees the smoke and goes: "Jeezz". It looks to her to be off the actual runaway. She says she'll call the fire squad. Meanwhile it's heard on the background how other worker's cars, tower, etc are also being called on in.

"Fortunately", the accident seemed to have happened very close to one of the firefighter's station. Two firefighters arrived within 4 minutes of the accident and pulled two survivors out of the water, one summerged to chin level with one arm trapped and unable to unbuckle and one unconcius (she wakes up, first thing she remembers she was being pulled up by her hair to keep her above water).

YouTube - Imagenes del accidente de Madrid "ˇHa habido un accidente en la cabecera de la 33 izquierda, creemos que de aviación!"

LiveLeak.com - SPANAIR ACCIDENT MADRID 2008 JK 5022

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