At least 153 dead as jet crashes at Madrid airport (Republican-American)

27 August 2008, 7:57 am

MADRID, Spain (AP) — A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of charred bodies and smoldering wreckage. Some 153 were believed dead — Spain's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years.... read more

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