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
Aerial view of the crash site
EC-HFP, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in July 2008
Wreckage of the aircraft's forward fuselage
Memorial plaque commemorating the 154 victims of JK5022
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial
Spanair Flight 5022
…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. It was the first fatal accident for Spanair, and the worst…
MD-83 operated by TezJet landing at Issyk-Kul
An MD-81 of the type's launch operator, Swissair. It was certified by the FAA in August 1980.
An MD-87 operated by Scandinavian Airlines. The shortest variant, certified in October 1987.
An EAT MD-87 for aerial firefighting was certified by FAA in 2014. Note the external ventral tank which adds a 4 ft "vertical safety distance" between the released retardant flow and the engines.