Statistic Data of MD Series Plane Accidents

Date

Airline/Location

Aircraft Type/Registration

Fatalities

12.01.1981

Inex Adria Aviopromet

McDonnell Douglas MD-82

180:180

Ajaccio, France

YU-ANA

08.16.1987

Northwest Airlines

McDonnell Douglas MD-82

154:155 + 2

Romulus, Michigan (Detroit Airport)

N312RC

06.12.1988

Austral Lineas Aeras

McDonnell Douglas MD-81

22:22

Posadas, Argentina

N1003G

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Technical Data of MD 82 Crash in Madrid

Date of Accident:
20 August 2008

Airline:
Spanair

Aircraft:
McDonnell Douglas MD-82

Location:
Madrid, Spain

Registration:
EC-HFP

Previous Registrations:
HL7204, HL7548

Flight Number:
JK5022

Fatalities:
153:172

MSN:
53148

Line Number:
2072

Engine Manufacturer:
Pratt & Whitney

Engine Model:
JT8D-217C

Year of Delivery:
1993

Accident Description:The aircraft, on a scheduled passenger flight from Madrid to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, crashed on takeoff from runway 36L at Madrid Barajas Airport. The aircraft had aborted a previous takeoff attempt and returned to the gate [...]

Crashed Spanair MD-82 had overheated valve hours before

From reuters and airdisaster
MADRID, Spain – The plane that crashed in Madrid reported an air intake valve overheating before a first attempt at takeoff but it was not immediately clear whether that was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people, owner Spanair said Thursday.
The airline said it has not yet determined the cause [...]

MD-82 Termasuk Pesawat Paling Laris

Berita saya salin dari kompas.com

Denis Doyle/Getty Images

Jumat, 22 Agustus 2008 | 06:58 WIB

Pesawat MD-82 milik maskapai penerbangan Spanair yang jatuh di Bandara Barajas, Madrid, Spanyol, termasuk generasi kedua keluarga pesawat DC-9 yang terhitung paling banyak digunakan di dunia. Dengan produksi lebih dari 2.400 unit, DC-9 dan turunannya menempati urutan ketiga pesawat paling laris di dunia.
Tempat [...]

Holiday flight ends in inferno

Taken from http://www.smh.com.au

Tracy Wilkinson in Madrid
August 22, 2008
IT WAS a troubled flight from the beginning. One attempt at take-off was aborted. Departure was delayed by more than an hour.
Passengers, many of them parents travelling with their young children, were grumpy and hot, eager to get on with it, to begin their holidays in the Canary [...]

What is McDonnell Douglas MD Series Airplane?

The McDonnell Douglas MD-81/82/83/88

Country of origin

United States of America

Type

Short to medium range airliner

Schematics

History

The popular MD-80 series is a stretched and improved development of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9.
The origins of the MD-80 lie in 1975 testing where a standard DC-9 was fitted with improved, more efficient, higher bypass ratio [...]

Plane crash survivors reveal what really happened

Taken from the sydney morning herald
August 22, 2008 – 6:08AM
A gauge indicating that overheated air was entering a Spanair jetliner forced pilots to abandon a take-off about an hour before the plane crashed into flames, but airline officials refused to speculate on the cause of the crash that killed 153 people.
Meanwhile, a survivor told of [...]

Bahan Bakar Bocor, Pesawat Jerman Mendarat Darurat di Kenya

Jumat, 22/08/2008 00:24 WIB
Irwan Nugroho – detikNews

ilustrasi (www.airplane-pictures.net)

Berlin – Sebuah pesawat Jerman, Condor, yang membawa 265 penumpang mendarat darurat di Kenya. Penyebabnya, bahan bakar pesawat Boeing 767-300 dan bermesin dua itu bocor.
Akibat kebocoran tersebut, salah satu mesin pesawat mati. Akhirnya, pesawat mendarat dengan satu mesin di Mombasa, Kenya. Demikian seperti dilaporkan AFP, [...]

Relatives face grim mission to identify Madrid crash victims

Taken from afp.com
21/08/2008 19h46

Relatives of the victims of the Barajas airport crash arrive by bus at the IFEMA fairground
©AFP – Dani Pozo

MADRID (AFP) – Distraught relatives of the 153 victims of the Madrid airline disaster struggled Thursday to identify charred remains of their loved ones as investigators scoured the wreckage for clues.
Spanair reported an air [...]