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Spanish jet makes emergency landing in Canary Islands

An Airbus A320 that took off from the Canary Islands had to turn back Wednesday because of an engine problem and then make an emergency landing, officials from Spain's airport authority and the airline said.

Finding downed jet in open ocean is a tall order

Though searchers believe that they have found debris from an Air France jet that disappeared off Brazil's coast Monday, finding the entire plane and learning exactly what downed it could be a tedious, years-long process.

19 migrants drown off Spanish tourist island

Nineteen Africans perished when their small boat sank just off the coast of Spain's Lanzarote Island, a Spanish government official told CNN on Monday.

UK plane skids on landing in Canary Islands

A plane carrying dozens of British vacationers skidded on landing in Spain's Canary Islands on Friday morning, briefly causing the closure of the runway but causing no injuries, the country's airport authority said.

Spain: Mechanics of crashed plane questioned

The Spanish judge investigating an August plane crash that killed 154 people in Madrid will question three mechanics on suspicion of manslaughter, a Madrid Superior Court spokesman said Thursday.

Danish airliner lands safely after scare

A Jettime passenger jet carrying 147 people made a successful emergency landing at Copenhagen airport in Denmark while experiencing problems with its landing gear, police said.

Bringing extinct species back from the dead

The word "extinct" sounds pretty final -- and as a concept, it certainly should be. But the normal harbinger of bad news - the "Red List" issued by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) - will actually reveal some good news when it is published in October, for one species at least.

Family given 'wrong remains' after Spain disaster

Relatives of a woman killed in a Spanish airline crash were erroneously given the remains of another victim, and then were asked by authorities to return them, CNN partner network CNN+ reported Thursday.

Madrid plane crash survivor 'born again'

A woman who survived last week's Spanair airline crash in Madrid left the hospital Tuesday, saying she was "born again" by the disaster.

Time.com: Another Spanair Plane Has Problems

Spanair, the airline involved in a crash this week that killed 154 people in Madrid, had another technical problem Sunday

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