Death toll climbs to 154 in Spain air crash

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MADRID (AFP) — Another victim of the Madrid air disaster died of her injuries, raising the death toll to 154 Saturday, amid growing anger among families of the victims over the delay identifying their loved ones.

Maria Luisa Estevez Gonzalez, 31, passed away at Madrid's La Paz hospital where she was being treated for burns to 72 percent of her body, Madrid's health services said in a statement.

She had been one of the most badly injured of the 19 people who survived the fiery crash on Wednesday of the Canary Islands-bound Spanair flight at Madrid's Barajas airport just seconds into its second takeoff attempt.

Two of the injured remain in "very serious" condition, the statement added.

The authorities have so far been able to identify just 53 of those...