Madrid air disaster kills 153

Emergency vehicles and helicopters surround the area where the Spanair aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying 172 passengers, veered off the runway Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters

A helicopter sprays water on to the crash site Photograph: Fernando Alvarado/EFE/AP

Smoke rises from the scene where the plane, heading for the Canary islands, crashed Photograph: Paul Hanna/Reuters

Medical personnel treat an injured passenger at Barajas airport Photograph: Juan Carlos Hidalgo/EFE/AP

An injured passenger at the airport Photograph: Juan Carlos Hidalgo/EFE/AP

A woman in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands reacts to the news of the crash of the Spanair plane at Barajas airport Photograph: Elvira Urquijo/AP

Ambulance and rescue workers gather at the crash site of the Spanair plane at Barajas airport Photograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

A woman reacts with relief after finding out that her two children, aged 13 and 14, were not on the Spanair plane that has crashed at Barajas airport Photograph: Elvira Urquijo/AP

A plane takes off near the site where a Spanair plane crashed at Barajas airport Photograph: Victor R Caivano/AP

A fleet of ambulances close to the area where the aircraft crashed Photograph: Javier Luengo/EPA

Hearses en route to Barajas airport after Spain's deadliest air disaster since 1983 Photograph: Javier Luengo/EFE/AP

Prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero broke off his holiday to express his sympathies at a news conference at Barajas airport Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters

A chartered Spanair plane, bound for the Spanish capital, carrying relatives of the survivors Photograph: Desiree Martin/AFP

Relatives and friends of passengers gather at Las Palmas airport on Gran Canaria Photograph: Desiree Martin/AFP

A relative of a crash victim at Las Palmas airport Photograph: Desiree Martin/AFP

The tail of the Spanair jet which was consumed by fire Photograph: EFE/AP

A part of the fuselage of the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 jet Photograph: EFE/AP