Photo Gallery Tragedy in Madrid
The tail of the crashed Spanair jet: Investigators have begun removing the wreckage from the site.
Parts of the completely destroyed aircraft are removed using a tower crane.
Funerary vehicles are used to escort human remains to Madrid's IFEMA convention center.
Catastrophe in Madrid: On Wednesday afternoon a passenger plane crashed on takeoff in the Spanish capital city. More than 160 passengers were on board the aircraft.
Relatives of passengers on the Spanair jet converge at Madrid's IFEMA convention center where the deceased are being identified.
An archive photo of a Spanair aircraft. One of the airline's MD-82s crashed on Wednesday after a fire broke out and it veered off the end of the runway.
Dozens of fire trucks and rescue vehicles were dispatched to the scene, but it was too late to save most of the Spanair passengers.
The Spanair jet was taking off on a flight from Madrid to the popular holiday resort city of Las Palmas on Gran Canaria, part of the Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa.
A helicopter sprays water on the crashed Spanair jet during the resuce effort on Wednesday afternoon.
First aid for passengers at the airport: Spanair has been a full member of the Star Alliance of the some of the world's biggest airlines -- including America's United and Germany's Lufthansa -- since April 2003.
Passengers on Wednesday wait for information at the Spanair travel desk in Madrid: Contradictory information was still being given hours after the accident.
Mourning and desperation: A relative of a Spanair passenger arrives at the Madrid airport.
Other family members of the victims gathered at the airport in Los Palmas in the Spanish Canary Islands.
Psychologists at the airports sought to help people who had lost family members in the crash.
Ambulances and rescue workers gather near the site where a Spanair jet crashed on takeoff. The aircraft was completely in the accident and only 19 people survived. Some, however, are still in critical condition.
The Spainair flight used code-sharing with Germany's Lufthansa, and seven passengers had checked in with tickets from the airline -- including a German family of four from a town near Munich.
A fleet of hearses at the scene of the crash: More than 150 people were killed in Madrid's worst aviation accident since 1983.
