Plane carrying 110 passengers disappears off radar - Algerian Airline

[Sharon]

Algeria's national airline says it has lost contact with a plane carrying 110 passengers and six crew members after it disappeared off the radar on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers. Air navigation services lost track of the Airbus A320 around 50 minutes after take-off early today. The plane, which is owned by Spanish private airline company Swiftair, was last sited at 1.55am GMT, the official Algerian news agency said. The flight should have landed in the Algerian capital at 5am GMT.
The flight path of AH5017 from Ouagadougou, the capital of the west African nation of Burkina Faso, to Algiers was not immediately clear. A source from Air Algerie told the AFP news agency said contact was lost while it was still in Malian air space approaching the border with Algeria.
The source said: 'The plane was not far from the Algerian frontier when the crew was asked to make a detour because of poor visibility and to prevent the risk of collision with another aircraft on the Algiers-Bamako route.
'Contact was lost after the change of course.'

The airline announced that the plane had gone missing in a brief statement carried by national news agency APS.
It added that the company initiated an 'emergency plan' in the search for flight AH5017, which flies the four-hour passenger route four times a week. Ougadougou is in a nearly straight line south of Algiers, passing over Mali where unrest continues in the north.



at this point i will neve get on another airplane in my life, hope this comes back with gd news

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2704018/BREAKING-NEWS-Algerian-airline-loses-contact-plane-carrying-110-people-disappears-radar-flying-Burkina-Faso-Algiers.html

[Evanora]

I'm on this plane we are safe just landed for a quick break Xx not to worry


Edited by mdport. (Trialist Forum Moderator): Please do not post pointlessly, Thanks

[Sharon]

I'm on this plane we are safe just landed for a quick break Xx not to worry

you're so boring seriously

[wixard]

it'll be interesting to see how this pans out

[!:random!:!]

wow get ready for a terrorist attack! the government know something and are not telling us but it is becoming clear something is going on.

[buttons]

oh fgs. hoping they're all safe.

[Red]

Omg. I will be crapping it next getting on a plane!! Please let them be safe :(

[Matt]

ugh not again, this is unbelievable.


11.27 Mali - the shortest flight path for AH5017 - is currently considered a "high risk" flight zone by US airlines
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02985/africa-map_2985395c.gif




Sounds all too familiar :'(

[buttons]

plane crash in Taiwan too
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2702875/Up-47-feared-dead-11-injured-plane-crashes-second-landing-attempt-stormy-weather-Taiwan.html

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm on this plane we are safe just landed for a quick break Xx not to worry

Seriously? Get the hell out of here.

[Bloop]

scary how planes cld just go missing like that

[Michael]

@ReutersAfrica
Missing #AirAlgerie flight has crashed: Algerian aviation official #Algeria

- https://twitter.com/ReutersAfrica/status/492292170473537536

Its all so sad and very shocking how many air incidents have happened this year.

[karter]

what's with the air crashes :( rip

[myles]

thats it this is why im never flying again!

[lucaskf390]

Ukrain, Taiwan, Algeria... things not working well for airplanes. Hope the less number possible of people die.

[e5]

They need to equip planes with better monitoring stuff! Ridiculous. Happening too often now, becoming too much of a non-coincidence:(

[Yupt]

I've always been comfortable with air travel but i'm becoming far more worried and concerned about taking flights, seems to be happening far too frequently.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I've always been comfortable with air travel but i'm becoming far more worried and concerned about taking flights, seems to be happening far too frequently.

This.

If it keeps up, stuff my holiday in August.

[xxMATTGxx]

I would like to remind people that you have more chance crashing in a car than you would do in an aircraft. Also take a look at: http://www.flightradar24.com and see how many planes are in the sky at this minute in time.

[buttons]

apparently there are 17 fatal plane crashes a year, less than there has been this year. crashes this year have just been more publicised because firstly, one somehow goes missing then one from the same airline is shot down. then the 'problem' is further exaggerated because of two crashing within two days. those two were caused by poor weather though so it's understandable it happened. it's probably not getting worse, it's just the circumstances surrounding the two MH flights and the fact there were so many on board all these flights.

must admit tough, had to decline an invite to fly over to ireland in september..

[Yupt]

apparently there are 17 fatal plane crashes a year, less than there has been this year. crashes this year have just been more publicised because firstly, one somehow goes missing then one from the same airline is shot down. then the 'problem' is further exaggerated because of two crashing within two days. those two were caused by poor weather though so it's understandable it happened. it's probably not getting worse, it's just the circumstances surrounding the two MH flights and the fact there were so many on board all these flights.

must admit tough, had to decline an invite to fly over to ireland in september..

17 sounds like so many, whaaaat. that's ridiculous.

[buttons]

it does but compared to how much flights there are a DAY, never mind a year, that is a very small number. we just never heard of them unless there are crazy circumstances surrounding them, just as we don't hear about every school shooting, train derailment, multiple car crashes etc in the world

[xxMATTGxx]

17 sounds like so many, whaaaat. that's ridiculous.

17 for the whole world. Compare that to the amount of deaths that caused by cars or other modes of transport on the ground and you will see big difference.

[scottish]

what, in 2013 there was 138 plane crashes, 2012 was 155 (all aviation, including private not just commercial)

1972 is the worst year as 3,329 people died in plane crashes, 2,266 died in 1943.

but yeah 17 idk where that comes from, even for commercial flights seems a bit high (17 flights carrying 200 people would be 3,400 fatalities) most crashes will be private flights and small planes (infact thinking about it obviously not every crash will be similar to current ones with total fatalities, and just dodgy landings etc so most people surviving so ok)

2012 in the UK 2175 people died which was traffic related

[buttons]

i said 17 FATAL plane crashes, the other crashes would not be fatal and may not even include deaths. not all flights carry over 200 people and 2012 had the lowest amount of fatal crashes (23) and overall there were 475 who died according to http://news.aviation-safety.net/2013/01/01/2012-exceptionally-safe-year-for-aviation/

"The Aviation Safety Network today released the 2012 airliner accident statistics showing a total of 475 airliner accident fatalities, as a result of 23 fatal airliner accidents.

The year 2012 was an extremely safe year for civil aviation, Aviation Safety Network data show. The Aviation Safety Network recorded a total of 23 fatal airliner accidents, resulting in 475 fatalities and 36 ground fatalities. Both figures are extremely lower than the ten-year average of 34 accidents and 773 fatalities."

this is year there are 12 FATAL crashes, the MH flights had 250+ passengers each therefore already a higher number of people who died compared to 2012 who had more fatal crashes but consisted of less deaths.

still, 130 or so crashes a year is very small compared to the amount of flights there is throughout the year. it's a very small percentage. can't remember where i got 17 from, I'll have to go have a look.

eta: He added the number of fatal plane accidents this year – including today’s Algerian jet – is 12 – five below the ten-year average to July 24.The 12 incidents in the past seven months include the TransAsia aircraft that crashed while trying to land on an island off Taiwan, killing all 47 people on board.
The figure is down from the 10-year average of 17 fatal crashes.




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obv that's wrong as 2012 is the lowest fatal crashes but point is 30 fatal and 100 more non-fatal a year vs the tens of thousands of flights a day is nothing despite how tragic it is. still, as it is constantly said, safer than other transport.

[xxMATTGxx]

What you need to think about is the amount of people who travel on airplanes each day and how many of them land safely. Here's something from the Boeing site:


Every day approximately six million people board airplanes and arrive safely at their destinations. Flying is one of the safest modes of transportation today. The overall safety record of commercial airplanes is excellent and has been steadily improving over time.

[wixard]

i think everyone understands that, i think it's more to do with the intensity of death on an aircraft rather than in a car

it's completely out of your control, and relatively unknown which can be frightening
also after reading the description of what happened when the missile hit that plane i'll tell you i'd rather be in a carcrash 100 times than have to go through that once

[xxMATTGxx]

i think everyone understands that, i think it's more to do with the intensity of death on an aircraft rather than in a car

it's completely out of your control, and relatively unknown which can be frightening
also after reading the description of what happened when the missile hit that plane i'll tell you i'd rather be in a carcrash 100 times than have to go through that once

Surely it's out of your control if you are just a passenger in the car?

[wixard]

Surely it's out of your control if you are just a passenger in the car?

even as a passenger i'd feel like i'd have more control rather than sitting in an aircraft

anyway that's not even my main 'worry' mine is more to do with the intensity and brutalness of your death by plane

not saying it's put me off going on planes, obviously it hasn't but i understand why some people can fear it

[le harry]

depressing week in aviation. rip.

[FlyingJesus]

Wreck's been found in Mali (https://sg.news.yahoo.com/burkina-official-plane-wreckage-found-mali-220618417.html) as they expected it to be, burnt bodies and twisted metal everywhere apparently

[xxMATTGxx]

Pictures of the crash area:

http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2014/07/24/20140724PHOWWW01144.jpg

http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2014/07/24/20140724PHOWWW01145.jpg

http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2014/07/25/PHO145deb76-1400-11e4-9bca-8038900675ac-805x453.jpg