Heat Gauge Problem in Spanish Plane Crash
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Heat Gauge Problem in Spanish Plane Crash
Spanair says the plane that crashed in Madrid experienced overheating in an air intake valve prior to a first attempt at takeoff.
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MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spanair says the plane that crashed in Madrid experienced overheating in an air intake valve prior to a first attempt at takeoff.

It is not clear if this had anything to do with the crash that killed 153 of the 172 people aboard.

Company spokesman Javier Mendoza says the device, called an air intake probe, was reporting overheating in the front of the plane under the cockpit.

He said Thursday that technicians corrected the problem by "de-energizing" the probe, or turning it off. He says this is standard procedure.

Spanair says the plane was cleared by company technicians after the problem was fixed. The plane crashed on its second attempt to take off.

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