Spanish plane crashes, kills

(01:50) Report

Aug 20 - More than 150 people were killed when a Spanish jet taking holidaymakers to the Canary Islands crashed at Madrid airport.

Spanair said they could not confirm what caused the deadly crash.

Kathleen Jackson reports.SOUNDBITES:

  • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Prime Minister, saying (Spanish):
    "The government will make all its efforts to support the families in this hard moment as they have received the news of such tragedy."
  • Sergio Allard, Spanair Commercial Director, saying (Spanish):
    "The plane passed its annual maintenance test on January 24 and up until today no failure was reported. As you understand we cannot provide any information as of the cause of this accident at the moment."

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