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Incident of Madrid-Barajas Airport is one of the gravest occurred in Europe in the last 15 years

Rome, Italy - The gravest accident occurred in 1977 and killing 543 people

The accident occurred two days ago at Madrid-Barajas Airport can be included among the gravest incident of Europe in the last 15 years, and the worst occurred in Spain. The worst air disaster of Europe occurred in 1977 when two Boeing 747 collided in the airport of Tenerife, provoking 583 victims. These the main European incidents from the 90's until today: - 20 January 1992 - France: an airplane...

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Rome, Italy, 08/22/2008 14:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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