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Incident in Madrid-Barajas Airport: the "Overheating of the

Madrid, Spain - The airplane burst into flames after the ground impact. Confirmed by a video of AENA

A video of the Madrid air disaster contradicted reports of an engine fire as the Spanair jet hurtled to a fiery crash, and experts believe a series of faults caused the accident, media said Friday. The video, taken by AENA, which runs Spain's airports, shows flight JK5022 take off and begin to climb before it crashes and bursts into flames. "The fault fixed by Spanair's maintenance technicians...

fra/pec - 1093465
Rome, Italy, 08/22/2008 17:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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