Death toll rises to 153 in plane crash in Spain

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 Ervigio Coral, Head Emergency Services said, "You couldn't distinguish that there was an aircraft there - apart from the remains of the tail. If you didn't know you wouldn't have been able to say there was a plane, there was nothing left of the fuselage."

A plane takes off near the site where a Spanish plane  caught fire at Madrid's Barajas airport, Spain, Aug. 20,  2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Airport authorities say an engine fire may have caused the crash.  An immediate state of emergency was imposed at the airport.  Runways were closed to outbound aircraft.  Landings of incoming aircraft  carried on as normal.

The crash is one of the worst aerial disasters in Spain in the last 25 years.