Spanair 5022 crash video published by Elpais.com

Last updated: September 18, 2008 9:12 PM

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The Spanish newspaper El Paìs has just published on his website a video of the Spanair 5022 crash, recorded by the airport’ surveillance camera. Unfortunately the video is not clear as it shows the aircraft rotating after a long take off roll, then, the next frames show the aircraft already skidding next to the runway; the footage doesn’t show the MD-82 reaching a few hundred feet and falling, possibly because of a lack of lift.
The video has been already uploaded to youtube:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icqqLeXC82w]

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.