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CCIP · 07-24-14, 05:22 AM

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28460625

And MD-83 with 116 people on board went out of contact 50 minutes after leaving Ougadogou, Burkina Faso, over southern Sahara. Although the flight is listed as Air Algerie, the aircraft and crew operating it are Spanish, chartered from Swiftair.

This has been a HORRIBLE week for aviation

07-24-14, 05:22 AM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	MD-80 missing over Sahara http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28460625 And MD-83 with 116 people on board went out of contact 50 minutes after leaving Ougadogou, Burkina Faso, over southern Sahara. Although the flight is listed as Air Algerie, the aircraft and crew operating it are Spanish, chartered from Swiftair. This has been a HORRIBLE week for aviation __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)