OurAirports: Comments on Madrid Barajas International Airport http://www.ourairports.com/airports/LEMD/comments.html Comments left by OurAirports members who have visited Madrid Barajas International Airport. [LEMD] "Spanair Flight 5022" by david http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2293 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:29:39 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=2293 <p>On August 20, 2008, an MD-82 jet crashed immediately after takeoff from runway 36L and caught fire, killing at least 153 of the 172 people on board. It was bound for Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022</a></p>