Spanair accident at Madrid
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Journo speaking to BBC from Madrid saying that the plane aborted first attempt at take off - returned for mechanical check.. on the second attempt reports of an explosion, aircraft has come to rest between two runways..
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Dreadful news to hear of this tragedy. As someone not involved in aviation in any way, so not in the know at all, do you as pilots receive information when events such as this happen to enable you to try and avoid similar incidents? Not wanting to remove from the tragedy involved, I would have thought it a good learning experience for you as professionals.
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Madrid government has confirmed 7 deads.
TV reports:
Flight Spanair JK5022, destination Las Palmas (GCLP).
After rejected take-off plane was inspected by TMA and during second attempt, engine #1 starts firing and plane crashed near runway.
TV reports:
Flight Spanair JK5022, destination Las Palmas (GCLP).
After rejected take-off plane was inspected by TMA and during second attempt, engine #1 starts firing and plane crashed near runway.
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As always in the early stages the witnesses are of varying reliability and have varying language capabilities.
The only people who know what's really going on are probably a bit busy onsite right now.
The only people who know what's really going on are probably a bit busy onsite right now.
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Journalist on BBC just stated that a/c took off at 14:35. Flight Stats quote runway departure as 14:14 and gate departure as 13:09. 14:35 was possibly the second, disasterous take off and 14:14 the first, aborted attempt. The interval between gate departure and the first take off attempt seems a long time, or is this typical at Madrid? Alternatively, does it suggest problems even before the first take off attempt?
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flight international reporting iminent spanair industrial action due to imminent job losses.wonder if this was a contributing factor to the pilots and staff state of mind.