Spanair Flight 5022 ( JK5022 ) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Gran Canaria Airport , Spain , via Madrid–Barajas Airport that crashed Catastrophe just after take-off Self_motion from runway 36L at Madrid Airport at 14:24 CEST ( 12:24 UTC ) on 20 August 2008 .

It was the only fatal accident for Spanair ( part of the SAS Group ) in the 25-year history of the company , and the 14th fatal accident and 24th hull loss involving Cause_to_be_included McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft .

The accident further worsened Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Spanair 's already negative image at the time and exacerbated its financial difficulties .

Spanair subsequently ceased Process_end operations on 27 January 2012 .

Flight 821 is the deadliest accident Catastrophe involving Cause_to_be_included a Boeing 737-500 , surpassing Self_motion the 1993 crash Catastrophe of Asiana Airlines Flight 733 , and was the second-deadliest aviation incident Catastrophe in 2008 , behind Spanair Flight 5022 .