Русская версияThe airline Spanair says its plane, which crashed in Madrid with
153 fatalities on Wednesday, had a mechanical fault.
Spanair said
the pilot of the plane registered an air intake problem, but that
this was fixed before the plane's first attempt to take off.
Investigators are still trying to establish why the McDonnell
Douglas MD-82 aircraft veered off the runway during its second
attempted take-off. Spanish media have reported that one of the
plane's engines was on fire at the time. Earlier on Thursday,
Spaniards held a minute's silence for the victims of the crash.
Germany's foreign ministry says it expects four Germans are among
the dead. Only 19 people on board the plane survived, and many of
them are in a critical condition.
(Deutsche Welle)
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