Tragedy in Barajas Airport: Spanair plane crash

A Spanair jet -Flight JK5022-, departing for the Canary Islands (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid Barajas airport on Wednesday, killing 153 of the people on board.
The 15-year-old plane, with 166 passengers and nine crew, shot off the runway at 2:45 p.m. local time (1245 GMT), according to Spanair.
The cause of the accident seemed to be “an error in takeoff”. But Spanish press and an insider source said the plane’s left engine, made by Pratt & Whitney, had caught fire.The tragedy, that shocked today to Spain, until now left a balance of 153 people dead. The airplane was a MD-82 of Spanair .