Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:39 amHey Guys,
Just heard on the news that there was a plane crash in Madrid.
Here is a link to the story Plane crash
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Wow what a service history.
RIP to all the folks that got killed but such is life.
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:09 pm
Just heard on the news that there was a plane crash in Madrid.
Here is a link to the story Plane crash
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Only 26 people have escaped alive after a plane carrying 175 people burst into flames shortly after taking off from Madrid's airport, a rescue official has said.[/quote]
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Research shows the Aviation Herald reported the same aircraft had technical trouble four days ago: "A Spanair McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration EC-HFS performing flight JK5113 from Lanzarote,CI to Madrid,SP (Spain), diverted to Las Palmas,CI (Spain) due to a generator failure about 30 minutes into the flight. Air Traffic Control understood, that an engine had failed and activated a full emergency response. The landing was normal, passengers disembarked normally. After repairs the flight resumed and arrived in Madrid with a delay of 4 hours."[/quote]
RIP to all those killed
Have a look at this also...MD 80
RIP to all those killed
Have a look at this also...MD 80
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:13 amMorning Report on NZ Radio has said that a plane carrying 173 passengers crashed on takeoff from Barajas, Spain on its way to the Canary Islands, and that all on board were killed. They also said it was the second time it tried to takeoff, as it aborted the first takeoff because of 'technical difficulties'.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:20 am Wow what a service history.RIP to all the folks that got killed but such is life.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:53 pmSaw it on BBC news at about 3am, still trying to contact my brother and his girlfriend who are on their OE.....we think they were on that flight too 
RIP to all those who have lost their lives though.
RIP to all those who have lost their lives though.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:09 pmSad news. RIP to all who died on board
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:18 pmRealy sad Hope your brother wasent onboard man.
Edit; Spanair said they have contacted the families of all those on board, There is also a passenger manifest on there site
http://www.spanair.com/web/en-gb/DSite/Lis...-of-passengers/
Hope your brother wasent onboard man.Edit; Spanair said they have contacted the families of all those on board, There is also a passenger manifest on there site
http://www.spanair.com/web/en-gb/DSite/Lis...-of-passengers/
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:34 pmThanks for the link Q300.
Peppermint, I hope your brother is okay and not one of the dead if he was on board.
RIP to those who did die
Ministry of Foreign Affairs I think it was said they thought there weren't any NZers on board.
Peppermint, I hope your brother is okay and not one of the dead if he was on board.
RIP to those who did die
Ministry of Foreign Affairs I think it was said they thought there weren't any NZers on board.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:28 pmYeah, he has Australian citizenship I think, but the good news is we had a phone call from him about 20 minutes ago, the taxi driver who was supposed to get them to the airport arrived an hour late, so they missed the flight.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:38 pmPeppermint wrote:QUOTE (Peppermint @ Aug 21 2008, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah, he has Australian citizenship I think, but the good news is we had a phone call from him about 20 minutes ago, the taxi driver who was supposed to get them to the airport arrived an hour late, so they missed the flight.
Call it what you wnat but thats great!
Would they have been on the flight?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:58 pmExcuse the language-
But #### thats lucky..
RIP to all on-board, those MD80s have been havin heaps of problems latley..
But #### thats lucky..
RIP to all on-board, those MD80s have been havin heaps of problems latley..
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:18 amRead about this in the Times this morning while waiting for my contact lenes appointment- tragic stuff. RIP to all on board
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:36 pmNZ255 wrote:QUOTE (NZ255 @ Aug 21 2008, 10:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Call it what you wnat but thats great!
Would they have been on the flight?
Yeah, more than likely they would have been on it. When I got to talk to him again this morning, he said he'd never ever yell or get annoyed at a taxi driver again.
Understandably, they're worried about flying again...I've tried to tell them that the chances of a crash like that happening is slim to none though.
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:24 pmThis is tragic, RIP to all those who died
Your brother is REALLY lucky !!!
Your brother is REALLY lucky !!!
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:58 pmPeppermint wrote:QUOTE (Peppermint @ Aug 22 2008, 01:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah, more than likely they would have been on it. When I got to talk to him again this morning, he said he'd never ever yell or get annoyed at a taxi driver again.
Understandably, they're worried about flying again...I've tried to tell them that the chances of a crash like that happening is slim to none though.
Wow that is really amazing if he was on that flight
There was something about a passenger being 3 minutes late for check in that was denided travel on the flight.
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:20 pmApparently it's the worst air disaster in 20 years one of the news reports said- one of those A320/DC-9 overruns must have been close?
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:09 pmvictor_alpha_charlie wrote:QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Aug 22 2008, 10:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Apparently it's the worst air disaster in 20 years one of the news reports said- one of those A320/DC-9 overruns must have been close?
worst air disaster in EUROPE in 20 years - theres been a few worse ones in Africa, Russia and Asia than this one in recent years