The flight that CRASHED after 10 seconds ¦ Spanair 5022

Spanish passenger jet crashed just after takeoff from Madrid Borough House Airport , killing 154 passengers and crew.

The crash came so close to not happening at all. The cause of this crash was deceptively simple. However, once you dig deeper, what emerges is a story of tragic coincidences and ironies.

The captain used his mobile phone to call the maintenance Control Center in Palma .

The crew discussed a number of possibilities with technicians which they hoped would reduce the temperature of the Ramire temperature probe, even including using dry ice to cool the probe.

The engineers spent over an hour trying to fix the faulty sensor, but ultimately they proposed that the crew simply pull the circuit breaker so as to disconnect the electrical supply to the rammer temperature probe heater.

Spain 's worst air accident in 25 years , Spanner plane crashed in Mallorma Palma de Mallorca .

Of the 172 passengers and crew on board, just 18 survived.

Investigators concluded that a phenomenon known as expectation bias was at work here.

The first officer expected the flaps to be in the positions he called out and didn't truly look at his instruments.