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==Casualties== |
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Twenty-seven survivors were found in the wreckage and taken to area hospitals. <ref>http://avherald.com/h?article=40b73189&opt=512</ref> According to the official report there are |
Twenty-seven survivors originally were found in the wreckage and taken to area hospitals. <ref>http://avherald.com/h?article=40b73189&opt=512</ref> According to the official report there right now are 26 survivors (one two years old girl died in the way to the hospital), all of them severely injured. The rest are supposed to have died in the crash or inmediately after in the fire, but since the firemen have not rescued all corpses from the airplane, hope still remains. <ref name="timesonline 8-20-08">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4573696.ece 150 dead in Madrid plane crash], timesonline.uk</ref>. |
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Pilot and copilot died in the accident. |
Pilot and copilot died in the accident. |
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Most of the casualties are spanish but it has been confirmed that there were non-spanish people on board. |
Most of the casualties are spanish but it has been confirmed that there were non-spanish people on board. |
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Madrid's Exhibitions Centre are being prepared to receive the corpses. |
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According to hospital reports there are |
According to hospital reports there are 26 people injured, 19 of them critical. The rest are supposed to have died either in the crash or immediately after in the violent fire.<ref>[http://avherald.com/h?article=40b73189 AV Herald News article] Retrieved 20th August 2008</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7572643.stm BBC News article] Retrieved 20th August 2008</ref><!-- Add more details to the [[Spanair Flight JK 5022]] --> <ref>[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Decenas/muertos/estrellarse/despegue/avion/salia/Barajas/elpepuesp/20080820elpepunac_11/Tes]</ref><ref>[http://elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/08/20/espana/1219237335.html]</ref> |
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==Airport history== |
==Airport history== |
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Revision as of 17:26, 20 August 2008
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| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | 20 August 2008 |
| Summary | Unknown |
| Site | Barajas International Airport, Madrid, Spain 40°29′3″N 003°34′00″W / 40.48417°N 3.56667°W |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 |
| Operator | Spanair |
| Registration | EC-HFP |
| Flight origin | Barajas International Airport |
| Destination | Las Palmas Airport |
| Passengers | 164 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Injuries | 27 |
| Survivors | 27 |
Spanair Flight JK 5022 of the SAS Group, registration EC-HFP[1], was a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 flight from Barajas Airport in Madrid to Las Palmas Airport, Spain on 20 August 2008. The flight crashed immediately after takeoff from runway 36L of Barajas Airport at 14:23 CEST[2] (12:23 UTC).
Crash
Initial reports stated that the aircraft, which was carrying 164 passengers and 9 crew members, caught fire in its left engine and crashed after being unable to gain altitude, then broke up into at least two parts and was swallowed by a violent fire.[3] El Pais reported that the plane had attempted to take off but aborted, had some maintenance performed during an hour and took off again[4]. Weather conditions in Madrid were fine at the time of the incident.[5]
The flight was also a codeshare operated on behalf of Lufthansa as LH 2554[6].
Response
In the process Barajas airport was shut down and under emergency procedures, now it's again open with restrictions (20 flights/hour instead of the usual 80 flights/hour). 11 fire brigade trucks and 45 ambulances arrived at the scene moments after the crash.
Casualties
Twenty-seven survivors originally were found in the wreckage and taken to area hospitals. [7] According to the official report there right now are 26 survivors (one two years old girl died in the way to the hospital), all of them severely injured. The rest are supposed to have died in the crash or inmediately after in the fire, but since the firemen have not rescued all corpses from the airplane, hope still remains. [4].
Pilot and copilot died in the accident.
Most of the casualties are spanish but it has been confirmed that there were non-spanish people on board. Madrid's Exhibitions Centre are being prepared to receive the corpses.
According to hospital reports there are 26 people injured, 19 of them critical. The rest are supposed to have died either in the crash or immediately after in the violent fire.[8][9] [10][11]
Airport history
Flight JK 5022's was the first deadly crash in Barajas airport since a 1983 collision when an Iberia Airlines Boeing 727, which was prematurely taking off in dense fog, collided with a taxiing Aviaco airlines Douglas DC-9. The accident's combined death toll was 93. [3].
References
- ^ EC-HFP at Madrid, 2007. Airliners.net
- ^ Regarding Spanair flight JK 5022 SAS Group Press Release Retrieved 20 August 2008, 17:05 UTC
- ^ http://avherald.com/h?article=40b73189&opt=512
- ^ a b 150 dead in Madrid plane crash, timesonline.uk
- ^ BBC News article Retrieved 20th August 2008
- ^ Spanair Press release Spanair Press release Retrieved 16:42 GMT 20th August 2008
- ^ http://avherald.com/h?article=40b73189&opt=512
- ^ AV Herald News article Retrieved 20th August 2008
- ^ BBC News article Retrieved 20th August 2008
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]