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Air crash in Madrid-Barajas Airport (3): recovedered two black boxes

Madrid, Spain - Excludes any hypothesis of terrorist attempt

Authorities are investigating what caused a Spanish passenger jet to crash on takeoff from a Madrid airport, killing 153 people in the country's worst air disaster in more than two decades. The Spanair plane was carrying 172 people, including the crew, when it veered off the runway during takeoff Wednesday, broke into pieces and burst into flames. It was not immediately clear what went wrong, but...

fra/pec - 1093416
Rome, Italy, 08/21/2008 12:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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