‘There is nothing left resembling a plane’

“IT’S the closest thing to hell that I’ve seen.”

‘There is nothing left resembling a plane’

That was the reaction of one of the 170 police, 70 firefighters and 230 paramedics who raced to the aid of stricken passengers aboard the burning wreckage of the Spanair flight.

Civil Guard officer Guillermo Altares went on to describe the scene as horrific.

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