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Following the disaster, investigations revealed a multitude of safety oversights, including the need for enhanced cockpit communication protocols and recommendations to modernize outdated altimeter systems. Crucially omitted from the report was the absence of a ground proximity warning system, a technology that could have provided critical alerts to the crew.
While such equipment had been mandated for aircraft in the United States for a decade, Spain lagged behind in making it compulsory. The introduction of this vital technology in subsequent years markedly reduced the frequency of similar tragedies worldwide.