Chain of faults blamed for Madrid disaster

A VIDEO of the Madrid air disaster showed no engine on fire as the Spanair jet hurtled to a fiery crash and experts now believe a chain of faults lay behind the catastrophe.

As investigators pursued a painstaking operation to identify the 153 victims, authorities announced a national funeral service will be held in Madrid’s Almudena Cathedral.

Images filmed by the civil aviation authority, AENA, showed the Spanair MD 82 took off and crashed moments later off the runway, newspapers reported.