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European agency demands checks on DC-9s, MD-80s
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BERLIN - Europe's aviation safety authority has ordered airplane crews to make mandatory pre-flight checks on warning systems for flaps and slats on all DC-9 and MD-80 airplanes.
The Cologne, Germany-based European Aviation Safety Agency says the directive is based on information from Spanish officials into what caused a SpanAir passenger jet to crash upon takeoff on Aug. 20. That crash in Madrid killed 154 people.
In its directive Wednesday, the agency calls the check a "precautionary measure."
Spanish authorities have not determined a cause for the SpanAir crash, but are focusing on the plane's wing flaps and the failure of a cockpit alarm to sound.
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