Spanair accident at Madrid
El Mundo, quoted by Reuters, are reporting a plane off the runway in Madrid. Thay saying that deaths are feared. No other details yet.
It seems the plane may have crashed on take off. Accident was near Terminal 4 apparently. |
Yes CNN repoter "on the scene" reporting some falalities..and reporting it as a Spainair flight.
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BBC News reporting it as a Spanair aircraft en-route to Las Palmas, 160 on board.
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Spanair. Fire is now being reported.
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Aircraft lifted off, one wingtip hit the ground, 2 deaths reported and many wounded, many smoke seen on spanish TV, looks bad.
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Spanish National TV TVE : Reporting 175 onboard , destination Las Palmas, deaths feared but not yet confirmed, Barajas closed for departures.
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5 minutes ago BBC interpreting Spanish news report which they thought to be El Mundo said it was a left engine fire and it was flight 5022.
At 1534 local Aena website says of Spanair JKK5022: 20/08/0813:002C49The flight took off at 14:14 |
BBC reporting it as JK5022, would make it an MD80 according to Spanair timetable.
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Excellent new coverage being provided by all news agencies
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MD82 according to flight stats.
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Flight: (JK) Spanair 5022 Date: Aug 20, 2008 Status: En Route Estimated Touch Down at 2:55 PM On-Time: http://www.flightstats.com/go/images/stars_20.gif 2,3 of 5 What this? Duration: 2h 55m Equipment: Boeing (Douglas) MD-82 Equipment: Boeing (Douglas) MD-82 (Actual)
MD-82 Is the plane used on this route |
MD-82, 160 pax on board. 2 dead confirmed, many wounded
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El mundo website reporting at least 7 deaths. Speculation about a left engine fire on take off.
RIP |
According to TVE:
MD90 with 175 pax, 20 injured 7 killed |
Spanair website, aena.es and flight stats all seem to be pointing towards an MD82.
SKy probably just googled 'Spanair', and grabbed the first plane type mentioned. |
According to El País, at least 7 deaths and 20 injured. :(
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Now reporting fuselage broke in two.
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The airplane, MD82 EC-HFP
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../1/1223115.jpg 7 dieds and more 53 hurts The Madrid Barajas Airport now is closed and are in emergency state. |
Video clip from BBC news website
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