Report on Spanair flight crash finds wing flaps failure

WING flaps that help lift a plane on takeoff failed on the Spanair flight that crashed last month and an alarm to warn pilots of the problem never sounded.

This is according to an initial report on the accident that killed 154 people.

The investigators did not say whether they believe the flap problem caused the August 20 crash that killed all but 18 aboard the MD-82. They offered no theory on what triggered Spain’s worst air disaster in 25 years.