MD-80 missing over Sahara

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

Oberon · 07-24-14, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

This has been a HORRIBLE week for aviation

Yah, definitely not been a good one. Hopefully the saying about bad things and threes will mean that this one is the last one for a while.

Jimbuna · 07-24-14, 06:51 AM

It certainly makes one wonder and the wife wants to pick a 'quickie' abroad in September.

London or Scotland is beginning to look more interesting.

Red October1984 · 07-24-14, 10:08 AM

At least it isn't Malaysian this time....

Admiral Halsey · 07-24-14, 12:16 PM

Did every plane turn into the original Comet somehow?

August · 07-24-14, 01:47 PM

Who said aviation accidents tend to happen in threes?

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)

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It certainly makes one wonder and the wife wants to pick a 'quickie' abroad in September. London or Scotland is beginning to look more interesting. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	At least it isn't Malaysian this time.... __________________

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,220 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Who said aviation accidents tend to happen in threes? __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Did every plane turn into the original Comet somehow?