All of the badly burned victims bodies have been identified by DNA analysis, fingerprints and dental information and are now being returned to the surviving families. At least one body was delivered accidentally to the wrong recipient. Only 18 of 172 passengers and crew survived.
María Luisa Estévez, was a 31-year-old lawyer in the municipality of Gáldar (Gran Canaria) had been hospitalized in La Paz ever since the Barajas air crash. Estévez died at 19:30 pm August 23, 2008, the most recent of the crash victims to succumb.
Prior to the crash, the pilot reported technical difficulties during taxiing and returned to the gate for repairs. Spanair told airport authorities that the plane might be replaced; but then Spanair advised the pilot to continue on his way. The Spanair flight from Madrid to the Canary Islands veered into a dry riverbed on its second attempt at take-off on 20 August, broke apart and burst into flame.
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