World News Bulletin: Crashed Spanish Jet 'Not Set for Take Off'

Western Mail › September 17, 2008

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THE Spanish airliner that crashed at Madrid airport last month, killing 154 people, did not have its wing flaps set for take off, investigators said yesterday.

The pilots were unaware that the vital devices, which provide extra lifting power, had not been deployed because a cockpit warning alert did not go off. The findings are based on information from the MD-82's flight and cockpit voice recorders and contained in a preliminary report on the August 20 crash of the Spanair flight.

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World News Bulletin: Crashed Spanish Jet 'Not Set for Take Off'

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