Madrid Plane Crash

by **Tarry** on Wed Aug 20, 2008 14:21 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7572643.stm

by **HW John** on Wed Aug 20, 2008 14:47 pm

Its one serious death toll for spain and also JKK...estimating around 148/175 dead now.

Very sad news, Spanair are well known for their safety record..i bet spanair's HQ is going mental.

Id hate to be at Barajas airport at the minute, the place is understandably very chaotic!

RIP to all those lost.

by **Tarry** on Wed Aug 20, 2008 17:12 pm

It seems a large death toll

by **HW John** on Wed Aug 20, 2008 17:21 pm

Indeed...i havent seen any pics of the crash yet, but apparently its in 2.
If fire was involved as the news say...thats an instant killer alone for the rear cabin pax if it spread, as its an MD82, the engines are at the back.
Nobody knows what type of impact, whether it was flying for a few seconds or just overran. I guess we'll find out more in due course.

by **tsuser** on Wed Aug 20, 2008 17:43 pm

All sorts of rumours doing the rounds at present, none of which it would be helpful to repeat here. Best to wait for facts I think in a situation such as this.

by **HW Jan.C** on Wed Aug 20, 2008 21:24 pm

Latest news reports are saying that about 145 people died in the crash
Thoughts are with their families

Jan

by **Honey Bunny** on Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:27 pm

The worse news is that there was around twenty children were on board.
A handful were among the survivors.

by **HW John** on Thu Aug 21, 2008 13:26 pm

More concrete information will be coming out now and over the next few days..i guess we play the waiting game

by **Tarry** on Thu Aug 21, 2008 15:19 pm

It seems like 153 are killed

by **tom,s** on Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:45 am

hi,
i see the crash was caused because the flaps were'nt deployed before take off due to an alarm falure,i thought that pilot and co pilot went through a check list before take off to make sure all was in order.?
tom.