140 dead in the Madrid crash

[malaise]

Will CNN ever get it right.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7572643.stm
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More than 140 people are feared dead after a passenger plane swerved off the runway at Madrid's Barajas airport.

A spokesman for the Spanish emergency services, Herbigio Corral, said only 28 people survived the crash.

The Spanair flight had just taken off for the Canary Islands, at about 1430 local time (1230 GMT). It is thought that the left engine caught fire.
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A take off crash is the worst of crashes. So much fuel. Heard on BBC that the flight had been delayed with engine problems. Apparently the problems were not solved.

Damn!!!!