153 confirmed dead in Madrid plane crash

Authorities in Madrid are beginning the grim task of identifying 153 victims burned to death when a jet heading to the Canary Islands crashed on take-off.

The holiday season crash at Madrid’s Barajas International Airport turned a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of charred bodies and smouldering wreckage. It is Spain’s worst air disaster in nearly 25 years.