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Company Watch - Spanair
AirGuide Business, Oct 13, 2008
Oct 13, 2008
Spanair has Spanish investigators disclosing that the crew of the crashed Spanair Boeing MD-82 ran through normal checklists before the fatal Spainair departure, but have yet to explain the reasons for the apparent failure to extend the flaps. In its first official release of detailed information about the 20 August accident at Madrid, the Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviacion Civil (CIAIAC) has given further evidence that the aircraft was not configured correctly for take-off. It states that two control cylinders for the slats were recovered from the wreckage, and other related components, all of which were fire-damaged but "presented evidence consistent with a retracted-slat condition". The investigators have also retrieved five flap actuators - three from the right wing and two from the left - although four could extend and retract freely because they had lost hydraulic pressure. The fifth was badly damaged by fire. Oct 10, 2008
Spanair jet which crashed at Madrid Airport last month, killing 154 people, had faulty wing flaps and a warning system that failed to sound, an initial report into the crash has found. Oct 10, 2008
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