AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN MADRID TODAY

[blondbeauty]

Today an accident happened at Madrid Barajas Airport. The plane was an MD-82 from SPANAIR, a company that had never had an accident before owned by Scandivanian Air System (SAS).
As you might know I belong to an Air Cabin Crew Union www.stavla.com. We have 5 representatives at Spanair. They were at meeting at Spanair headquartes in Palma de Mallorca when the accident took place. At the beggining the news were confusing. The captain had been killed. He was 43 years old and had 3 little daugthers. Then we knew that the brunnete F/A sitting at the rear appeared dead on the ground. With that descrioption we knew who she was. Finally the tragedy reached a new dimension. The entire crew had been killed (5) members. The copilot was a young mother of 3 children. There were other 4 crew memebers flying as passengers to position them at Gran Canaria Airport. They were also killed.
In total 157 people killed (more tha a dozen children between 2 and 12 years of age) and 19 people severely injured.
The flight had been delayed due to a problem. During take off one of the engines exploded and teared the tail appart. The plane fell on the ground in a ball of fire.
The meeting at Spanair headquarters was to discuss the loss of 1.200 employments. 105 were going to be fires and 250 F/A. The fleet of MD was going to stop operatin the 15th of september. A pilot friend of mine says the maintanance of that fleet had been non existant for the last 2 months.
Here is a video of the tragedy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7TBhd_tekU

[weasel]

dear blondbeauty ,
                          I am very sorry for your loss !
 It is terrible that this has happened !
 so often we see these awful things and never know a person or can put a face on
the tragedy !
 Unfortunately it has hit home for you , I pray you get threw this loss with
peace and  good memories !
                                            my condolances to all ,
                                                                             may all the souls be in heaven !
                                                                                                                           Karl

[blondbeauty]

Thank you for your condolences Karl.
This is the list of victims: 20 children under 12 and 2 babies under 2 years of age.

MEDINA VEGA, YAIZA

ACOSTA MENDIOLA, ALFREDO (MENOR)

ACOSTA SIERRA, ALFREDO

DOMINGUEZ PEREZ, ISABEL

GONZALEZ CABANAS, MARIA

HERNANDEZ GIL, MARCO

MARTIN DOMINGUEZ, CRISTINA

MARTIN PEREZ, MANUEL

MENDIOLA RODRIGUEZ, GR.

ORTEGA, LEANDRO

VIDAL RODRIGUEZ, RAFAEL

AFONSO MARRERO, PEDRO

AFONSO SOSA, JORGE C.

AFONSO SOSA, MIGUEL (MENOR)

ALCAZAR, MARIA

ALCAZAR ASENSIO, INMACULADA

ALCAZAR JIMENEZ, JOSE

ALONSO ALONSO, JOSE

ALONSO FILLOY, AMALIA

ALONSOFILLOY, MARIA (MENOR)

ALVARADO OSCAR GABRIEL (MENOR)

ALVARADO, ROBERTO

ALVARADO, ROBERTO ALE

ALVAREZ CARRETERO, MAR

ALVAREZ CARRETERO, ROBERTO (MENOR)

ANDRA CAGOLZARRI

ANDRA KAGOLZARRI, ISABEL

ASENSIO CHAVES, MARIA

BACHO MUKESHMANI

BARBOSA RAMIREZ, ELSA

BERNAOLA ITURBE, MIGUEL

BETANCOR SANCHEZ, VERONICA

BORGE, ESPERANZA

CABALLERO, DAVID

CARPINTERO RUIZ, ANGEL

CELIS DIBOWSKY, YANINA

CHARILAS, PIERRICK

CHARILAS, ETHAN

CIPRIAN, CARMEN

CONEJO,SARA

CONTRERAS BAEZA, MARIA

CORTES CABRERO, NIEVES

DE LA RIVA, SERGIO

DELGADO ESTEVEZ, LIDIA

DELGADO CORCOBADO, CAR.

DIAWARA, DEMBA

DIAZ GONZALEZ, CLARA

DIAZ MENDOZA, MARIA

DIEPALEON, MONICA

DOMIGUEZ ORTIZ, CRISTINA

DOMINGUEZ ISAAC +(UN BEBÉ)

DOMINGUEZ MELIAN, ALICIA

DOMINGUEZ MELIAN, ARACELI

ERDIL, MUSTAFA

ESTEBAN CONTRERAS, LAI. (MENOR)

ESTEVEZ GONZALEZ, MARI.

FALCON DENIZ, AYOZE JA.

FERNANDEZ, JULIANA

FERRON OLMEDO, FERNAND.

FILLOY SEGOVIA, AMALIA

FLORES GARCIA, ANA GEM.

FLORES GARCIA, JOSE PA.

FONT RODRIGUEZ, MARIA

FORTAN NERNOU, MA DEL.

GALLARDO, TAMARA

GALLEGO ORTEGA, ANA

GALLEGO ORTEGA, CRISTINA

GARCIA HERNANDEZ, CARLOS

GARCIA FERNANDEZ, MARI.

GARCIA HERNANDEZ, ELENA

GARCIA MARTIN, LAUDENC.

GARCIA DEL CARPIO ROME

GARCIA SANCHEZ, ANTONI

GARCIA, MARIANO MR.

GOMES SILVA, RONALDO M.

GOMEZ, CECILIA

GONZALEZ DIAZ, PEDRO ANTONIO

GONZALEZ FERREIRA, PILAR

HERNANDEZ, BENAUARA

HERNAN GOMEZ, PEDRO

HERNANDEZ, ZENAIDA DE

HERNANDEZ, SIOMARA Ms +(UN BEBÉ)

HERNANDEZ GUEDES, LUCRECIA

HERNANDEZ MARTIN, MARIA

HERRAEZ NOGUERAS, CARLOS

HULT, ANNMARIE MS

IBANEZ SANCHEZ, BETSAB

JULI HENRIQ, AGUSTIN

JULI HENRIQ, MANUEL

LOPEZ DUQUE, PILAR

MARQUEZ VALLE, PILAR

MARTEL, MANUEL

MARTIN, MONICA

MARTIN CONSUEGRA PENA

MARTINEZ CONDE, MERCEDES

MENDOZA MARCIAL, ANGEL

MOLINO RODRIGUEZ, TELE.

MORALES, MA TERESA

MORENO PEREZ, RAFAEL

MORILLO PEREZ, PATRICIA

MROTZEK, CLAUDIA

MROTZEK, GERD.

MROTZEK, LUCAS (MENOR)

MROTZEK, NIKLAS (MENOR)

MURIANA LOPEZ, JUAN

MURIANA MARTINEZ, MERC. (MENOR)

NARANJO, JORGE (MENOR)

NARANJO, JORGE

NARANJO, RAQUEL (MENOR)

NODAPENA FAYNA ELIZA

NORIEGA REY, SERGIO (MENOR)

NORIEGA REY, VICTOR

NORIEGA RICO, MARIO

NUÑEZ FRANCISCO, JAVIER

NUÑEZ, MARIA

NUÑEZ PIRETTI, EUGENIA

NUÑEZ PIRETTI, JORGE (MENOR)

OJEDA PEREZ, CLAUDIO

ORTEGA SANCHEZ, MARÍA CARMEN

ORTEGA DE LA CRUZ, GABRIEL

OSPINA, GLADYS

PALOMINO RIVEROS, LIGI.

PAYERAS, DANIEL (MENOR)

PEREZ DE OBANOS LISO, JO.

PLACERES PEREZ, INES

PRADOS, BALDOMERO

PRADOS, IGNACIO

PRADOS, JOSE FRANCISCO

PUYECEESAY, MUSTAPHA

PUYE FORTANER, SIRA (MENOR)

RAMIREZ GONZALEZ, MARI

RAMIREZ RODRIGUEZ, JOSE

REITZ SAAVEDRA, ESTHER

REYES OJEDA, MARIA BEA

REY MURILLO, MARIA LUISA

RISO, DOMENICO (MENOR)

RIVERO SUAREZ, RAYCO

ROBAINA SUAREZ, JOSE V.

RODRIGUEZ DAVILA, HONO

ROJOROSA, MARIA DEL CARMEN

RONDONUWU, NGUNI TOKA

SANCHEZ, PABLO ENRRIQUE

SANCHEZ BERNAL, TOMAS

SANCHEZ ORTIZ, MARIA

SANCHEZ PEREZ, RUBEN

SANGRADOR, JORGE

SANTANA CASTILLO, CARMEN

SANTANA MATEO, RUBEN

SOSA HERNANDEZ, MARIA

STANIMIROVA, ANTOANET

STEFANIDES, ANNA MAIJ.

SUAREZ ESTEVEZ, JAVIER (MENOR)

TATE PEREZ, KIM YVONNE

VALLEJO JUNCO, MARÍA DEL CARMEN

VALLES MARCOS, FRANCISCO

VERANES PEREIRA, ANA

VILLANUEVA MARTIN, ALE.

VILLANUEVA SANTANA, AL (MENOR)

VILLANUEVA SANTANA, DA.

VILLANUEVA SANTANA, KE. (MENOR)

[Dragonette]

Its heartbreaking, and scary.

I googled spanair yesterday and that was before the big headlines and when it just happened and I got some small economic headline that spanair pilots were threatening strike that very day, b/c SAS the owner were cutting so much budget from spanair that was losing them money, and ibreria and others didnt want to buy it.

Dunno if there's any relation but that will take weeks if not years to uncover (or cover)

  Descansen en paz

[Cliff]

I'm sorry to hear of this tragedy.  As much as I love flying, I do get butterflies in my stomach flying just after a major accident.  I hope their ordeal didn't last too long (my biggest fear).

Take care of yourself mister.

[Alain]

It is so heartbreaking and so sad to hear stories like this one, especially as an airline employee.

My heart just sink every time. Especially from an airline partner of our Star Alliance.

There is so much struggles financially for the so called legacy carriers, one can only wonder how the smaller one are going by to their daily operations.

Hopefully with out speculations, we will find out what the causes are of this dreadful accident, so that it does not happen again.

RIP to everyone on board and to their family alike.

 

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