Unix Timestamp: 1219190400
Wednesday, August 20. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport with 172 on board. Of them, 154 die and 18 survive.{{Cite news|title= DNA tests for those killed in Madrid crash|first=|last=|url= //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7575970.stm

At least 11 people are killed and 31 injured in two bombings in the Algerian town of Bouira. //afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHfkhvV-ZbTYJt0Khm9mFZu3pKRw (AFP via Google News)

The United Kingdom Competition Commission recommends that BAA Limited should sell two out of its three airports in South East England (Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted) and one of its Scottish airports (either Edinburgh Airport or Glasgow International Airport) due to competition concerns. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7571613.stm (BBC News)