MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish jet heading for the Canary Islands crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing 153 of the people on board, the government...

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A part of the fuselage of the Spanair jet that crashed on take off at the Madrid airport being lifted by a crane on Wednesday. (EFE via the Associated Press) MADRID: A day after a passenger plane crashed on takeoff here, killing 153 people, a team...
Spain declared three days of mourning Thursday as investigators continued probing what caused a passenger jet to crash on takeoff in Madrid, killing 153 people. Passengers said they saw flames and then heard an explosion moments before Spanair...
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Spanish aircraft crash investigated. In Spain, investigators continue to look into what might have caused a passenger jet to crash during takeoff killing 153 people. The jet, Spanair Flight JK5022, was carrying 172 people when it crashed at...
21 August 2008 -- Authorities are investigating what caused a Spanish passenger jet to crash on takeoff from a Madrid airport, killing 153 people in the country's worst air disaster in more than two decades. The Spanair plane was carrying 172...