Nearly 153 people were killed Wednesday when an airliner en route to the Canary Islands swerved off the end of a runway at Madrid's airport during takeoff, Spanish officials said. The plane, an MD-82, was carrying 178 people, and most were feared dead. A Spanish emergency official, Herbigio Corral, said only 28 people had survived, Reuters reported. Daily Telegraph: Spanish plane had technical problems before crash killed up to 150 people. Al Jazeera: Crash plane's history of accidents.
