45 killed in Madrid plane crash
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-21 08:22
MADRID: A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway while taking off from Madrid's Barajas airport yesterday and caught fire, killing at least 45 people.
Nineteen people were seriously injured, the Interior Ministry's office for the greater Madrid region said. There were 178 people aboard the Spanair flight.
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