In 1983, a Colombian Boeing 747 of Avianca Airlines crashed near Barajas Airport in Madrid, killing 181 people.

CNN: Thursday,

Three people were arrested during the strike for going beyond a police line at Madrid's Barajas airport, a government spokesman told CNN.

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On February 18, the first day of the first strike, five people were arrested for going beyond a police line at Madrid's Barajas airport, the government said.

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Bin Laden, who is in his late 20s, stepped off a plane from Cairo at Madrid's Barajas International Airport during a stopover late Monday and informed authorities that he planned to request asylum, the spokeswoman said.

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The first flight, operated by Air Europa, landed at Madrid's Barajas airport with Lester Gonzalez, Omar Ruiz, Antonio Villarreal, Julio Cesar Galvez, Jose Luis Garcia Paneque and Pablo Pacheco on board at 1249 local time (1049 GMT).

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