Saturday, August 23, 2008

The Spanair Crash

As reported in The Australian, regarding the problem with the MD-82's aborting it's first takeoff attempt before they finally tried again and crashed.

One day after the crash, Spanair gave new information about the initial attempt to take off. Spokesman Javier Mendoza said an air-intake gauge under the cockpit had detected overheating while the jet was taxiing, causing the plane to turn back.

Technicians corrected the problem by essentially turning the gauge off.


Well, there you go. They solved that problem.