The owners of a Spanish airliner that crashed on takeoff at Madrid airport nine days ago had considered transferring passengers to another plane, only minutes before the disaster.
The Spanair plane bound for the Canary Islands was then given the OK, before it crashed, killing 154 people. Transport Minister Magdalena Alvarez told parliament European Union Makes a Meal of Regional Treats ...
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German rail denies snooping ... that just before the plane took off, the pilot noticed a technical problem. The pilot called off his first takeoff attempt, but after a further inspection, the airline decided to allow the plane to fly. Alvarez, however, dimissed speculation that the crash happened because the airline, a subsidiary of the Scandinavian SAS group, was in financial difficulties.
(Deutsche Welle)
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