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A storm avoidance climb pushed the MD-82 past its limits, then the crew misread the emergency as the aircraft fell 12,000 feet per minute

On August 16, 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashed in Venezuela, killing all 152 passengers and crew. The MD-82 jet, en route from Panama to Martinique, was flown beyond its performance ...
HeraldNet

MD-82 crash probe may focus on engine

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Takeoffs are considered one of the most precarious stages of flight, when an aircraft is accelerating down a runway with its engines at high thrust and the aerodynamic stress on ...
Aviation Week

Spanair considered 'replacing' doomed MD-82 before clearing takeoff

Spanish Public Works Minister Magdalena Alvarez revealed Friday that Spanair considered transferring passengers aboard the MD-82 that crashed Aug. 20 to another aircraft after its first takeoff was ...
Flightglobal

Spanair MD-82 struck terrain tail-first: investigators

Spanish investigators have disclosed that the Spanair Boeing MD-82 which crashed on departure from Madrid Barajas last week descended and struck the ground tail-first while struggling to climb away.
Flightglobal

MD-82 almost stalled at low level after go-around thrust overlooked

Bulgarian investigators have revealed that a Boeing MD-82 almost stalled while nose-high at low level, after the crew did not engage go-around thrust during a missed approach at Tarbes-Lourdes airport ...
Aviation Week

SAS to sell four MD-82/87 aircraft

SAS MD-80. By Rob Finlayson [UPDATED] Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced it has signed an agreement to sell four MD-82/87 aircraft, with options for 19 MD-82s and 10 spare engines. The purchaser ...
Wall Street Journal

Spanair Keeps MD Planes

MADRID -- Spanair SA has no plans to ground its aging fleet of McDonnell Douglas planes after the deadliest aviation accident in Spain in two decades, General Director Marcus Hedblom said Thursday. A ...