This Saturday, August 20, it will be 14 years since Spanair flight JK5022 crashed at 2:24 PM in Barajas on take-off from Gran Canaria. 154 deaths and 18 injured.
As every year, this August 20, the Association of People Affected by Flight JK5022 will celebrate it. acts and flower offerings In Madrid and Gran Canaria in memory of the victims of the accident, one of the most serious air tragedies to occur in Spain. To date, the worst aviation accident in the country occurred when two commercial planes collided in Los Rodeos (North Tenerife) in 1977, killing 583 people.
The airline went bankrupt in 2012 and the case was closed nine years ago, but Association of People Affected by Flight JK5022 continues its struggle for the elimination of the malfunctions in the civil aviation system and for the recognition of the rights of those affected by air accidents.
The General Assembly of the Congress of Deputies approved the opinion of the Spanair JK5022 accident Investigation Commission in May last year, which blamed different government positions associated with the Public Works Department for the “systemic failure” that caused the accident.
According to the document, there was “correlation of causal factors leading to the tragic accident.” Specifically, he points out, the Spanair company was already experiencing “serious economic difficulties” at the time, so maintenance technicians and pilots were “pressured” by the commitment to punctuality as well as the commitment to punctuality. ERE Presented by the company days ago. It also states that the extension of the Airworthiness Certificate of the damaged aircraft by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) will be received “without inspection” by the airline.
All that said, in addition to malfunctioning of the TOWS alarm that did not warn of misconfiguration, a problem was detected. 72 times on other aircraft and that Boeing “cannot or does not want to prove the causes of these failures”.
Likewise, the view is that Aena’s contingency plan at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport did not work properly and came into play late on the day of the incident. Therefore, the Spanair crash “all safety barriers” have failed.
Recommendations include the establishment of a multimodal investigation and accident prevention with multiple victims working for all means of transport, as requested by both the association and representatives of pilots, mechanics and seafarers.
security changes
after this accident marked before and after In the field of aviation safety in Spain, the European Parliament approved in 2010, at Spain’s request, an obligation and a plan obligation for airlines to provide a passenger list within a maximum of two hours in the event of an accident. participation.
This request was taken to Europe by the association. 30 hours of anxious waiting For knowing the list of Spanair passengers. In Spain, it was approved in August 2013.
beside Government Operational Security Program for Civil Aviation (PESO), Spain, in May 2014 approved the Coordination Protocol for assistance to air crash victims and their families, this is a Royal Decree recognizing the work of the association.
The European Network of Civil Aviation Security Investigative Authorities was also established and 31 tips Following the final report of the Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents Investigation Commission (Ciaiac), which included a total of 33. Spain is already following the recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) after the Spanair accident in 2008. .
In terms of safety, in the years since the accident, Aena has invested 117 million euros in safety at Barajas – new emergency braking system on the tracks, new surface radar, a fourth fire station, new communication protocol with tower and medical services, and improvements to pavement and terrain. A total of 580 total and partial drillings were made at the leveling of the soil.
flowers and poems
The Association of People Affected by Spanair Flight JK5022 will commemorate this Saturday fourteenth anniversary Event in two acts in Madrid and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Events in Madrid will begin at 11:00 with a press conference at the monument in the rose garden of Juan Carlos I Park, where AVJK5022 will evaluate the progress made this year and also pay homage to it. victims.
There will then be an action at 12:30. olives The bronze plates of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport and the site of the tragedy will be visited, where a more candid action will take place, ending with a minute’s silence.
Actions in Las Palmas will be at 11:00 am. memory Square, With poems, offerings and a tribute reading to the victims.