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A passenger jet that crashed last month in Madrid did not have its wing flaps deployed during takeoff, and a cockpit warning system failed to alert pilots to the problem, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN on Tuesday.

The findings, from official investigators, are contained in a draft preliminary report about the crash that killed 154 people, the source said.

But the draft report did not say that these problems were the reason for the crash last August 20 of a Spanair fight, the source said. Read full article »

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