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Spanair crash could have been avoided: Spanish Government

30/08/2008 6:00:00 AM.  | Erin Maher
The Spanish plane crash tragedy could have been avoided but officials decided not to move passengers to another plane.

The Spanish government has revealed Spanair considered transferring passengers after detecting a fault in the plane that crashed but made the tragic decision to continue with the flight.

154 of the 172 people on board were killed.

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Saturday, 30 August 2008

Same sort of sh!t that goes on here--COST CUTTING. The timebomb is ticking.

Posted by: Alex Uren, Luddenham

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