Malfunctioning alarm system could have caused Spanair plane crash

After official investigation, it was announced today that Spainair jet that crashed on August 20th, killing 154 people on board, had problems with wing flaps. The flaps were not set for take off, meaning the plane would not have been able to gain altitude. The warning alert...

British woman survived Madrid plane inferno after being hurled into a stream ...

A true miracle for Kim, who survived from "Final Destination" in Madrid Plane."A stream miraculously saved the life of a British woman hurled, still strapped to her seat, from the exploding Spanair jet.Teacher Kim Tate, 30, was thrown into a stream from the MD-82 jet, in...

Families of 153 dead ask why plane was cleared to fly

"Angry relatives of Madrid crash victims asked yesterday why the aircraft was allowed to fly two hours after it aborted a take-off because of a technical fault. A total of 153 people died on Wednesday when the Spanair aircraft bound for the Canary Islands failed to take off,...

Search for clues in Madrid crash

"Accident investigators are to scour the wreckage of a plane that crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport, leaving 153 passengers dead. The cause of the air disaster, Spain's worst in 25 years, has not yet been identified but the black box flight recorder was retrieved from the...