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 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.
Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people.
On August 20, in the year 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 crashed just after take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 154 people. This event is recorded as a Selected Events event in the history of August 20, a notable event in this corner of history.
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- This event took place on August 20, 2008 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Selected Events event in recorded history.
- Referenced in 2 Wikipedia articles.
- The event is associated with a specific geographical location (see map below).
- Wikipedia source last updated on 8 July 2026.
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