Spanair Flight 5022 Crash

Date: August 20, 2008 • Location: Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain

Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people.

Spanair Flight 5022 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Gran Canaria Airport, Spain, with a stopover in Madrid–Barajas Airport that crashed just after take-off from runway 36L at Madrid-Barajas Airport at 14:24 CEST (12:24 UTC) on 20 August 2008. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration EC-HFP. Of the 172 passengers and crew on board, 154 died and 18 survived.