Madrid Plane Crash

Human error and technical fault blamed for Spanair crash that killed 154

Human error and technical fault have been named as the cause of the tragic Spanair plane crash that killed 154 passengers at a Madrid airport a year ago. Victims died in a ball of fire as the Spanair MD-82 flight split in two...

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Madrid crash probers urge upgrade of take-off warnings - Summary

Madrid - A Spanish commission investigating the causes of the Madrid air crash a year ago issued a preliminary report on Monday, recommending that aircraft should be unable to take off if their take-off warning systems are not...

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Timeline: deadly plane crashes in the past three years

August 22, 2006 - A Russian Tu-154 operated by Pulkovo Airlines crashes 48km north of the east Ukrainian town of Donetsk, killing all 170 passengers and crew. September 29 - One hundred and fifty-four people are killed when a...

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Timeline-Deadly plane crashes in the last three years

An Airbus A310 from Yemen with more than 150 people on board crashed into choppy seas as it came in to land on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday, an airline official said. An Air France Airbus A330-200 crashed...

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Some major plane crashes !

Yemen, June 30: Here’s a reminder of some of the major plane crashes ever since 2006 which the world witnessed. Yemen plane crash: Several bodies found Aug. 22, 2006 - A Russian Tu-154 operated by Pulkovo Airlines crashes 30...

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Fatal air disasters in the past five years

Aug 16, 2005: 160 people killed, including 152 French citizens, in the crash of a McDonnell Douglas plane belonging to the Colombian company, West Caribbean Airways, at Maracaibo in the north of Venezuela.

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Major crashes of past three years

Reuters, Monday, Jun. 01, 2009 09:24AM EDT An Air France plane flying to Paris from Brazil has gone missing over the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people on board and French officials fear a disaster has occurred. Here are details of...

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Spanair crash judge seeks European expertise

16/04/2009Spanair crash judge seeks European expertise The judge has not able to find qualified experts in Spain who are able to report objectively on the crash that killed 154 people in August 2008. MADRID – The judge probing...

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