Officials unsure of cause of Spanish plane crash

The first official report into the crash of a SpanAir passenger jet offers no hypothesis as to why the plane went down but says investigators are still focusing on a problem with the wing flaps.

The preliminary report by Spanish Civil Aviation released seven weeks after the August 20 disaster said an alarm in the cockpit failed to warn pilots that wing flaps and wing slats were not properly deployed.

Today’s report was similar to a draft leaked to Spanish media three weeks ago. A total of 154 people died in the accident, Spain’s worst air disaster in 25 years.