Rescuers at Madrid Barajas Airport are attending the scene of an apparent runway overrun involving a Spanair aircraft.

The aircraft is said to have been departing for Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Spanair operates Boeing MD-80s and Airbus A320s on the route.

Images from the scene show heavy smoke from the scene of the accident.<IFRAME marginWidth=0 marginHeight=0 src=”http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8hl=enll=40.503097,-3.571587spn=0.126349,0.351563z=12output=

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