Русская версияAt least 145 people have been killed after a passenger plane
crashed during take-off at Madrid's Barajas airport.
Witnesses said
the plane swerved off the runway before bursting into flames.
Spain's national airport authority says the MD-82, operated by
Spanair, was bound for the popular holiday destination of Las
Palmas in the Canary Islands. The airline's website says that more
than 170 passengers and crew members were on board the jet. The
flight was a code-sharing operation with the German flag carrier
Lufthansa and there have been reports that German, Swedish and
Dutch nationals may have been among those on board. German
Chancellor Angela Merkel has been among several world leaders in
expressing her sorrow about the crash. A government spokesman in
Berlin said that the chancellor was horrified by the number of dead
and wounded.
(Deutsche Welle)
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