Русская версияSpanair, the owners of a Spanish airliner that crashed on takeoff
at Madrid airport nine days ago, initially considered replacing the
plane shortly before the disaster.
Spain's Transport Minister
Magdalena Alvarez told a parliamentary panel that Spanair indicated
to the airport that it wanted to change planes, after a mechanical
fault disrupted the first attempt to takeoff. After reviewing the
fault, Spanair decided to allow the MD-82 aircraft to fly. It
crashed on its second attempt to takeoff, killing 154 passengers
and crew. In her testimony, Alvarez dismissed speculation that the
crash happened because Spanair, a subsidiary of the Scandinavian
SAS group, was in financial difficulties.
(Deutsche Welle)
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