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Air crash in Madrid-Barajas Airport (5): no display of mourning by International Olympic Committee

Madrid, Barajas - Incensed the international community

The Spanish Government has announced three days of national mourning due to the air crash occurred yesterday at the airport of Madrid-Barajas to a Spanair airplane, flight JK5022, in which killed 153 passengers. A chorus of negative protests raised after the decision of the International Olympic Committee to prohibit the Spanish delegation the display of mourning, showing the flag at half-mast. At...

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Rome, Italy, 08/21/2008 15:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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