Air Algeria Airlines Flight AH5017 Goes Missing

[craigdbfan]

Algerian Airlines Flight AH5017 Goes Missing. Disappears From Radar!

A commercial jetliner disappeared over western Africa after losing contact with air traffic controllers, Algeria's state-run news agency reported Thursday. Authorities lost contact with the Air Algerie aircraft about 50 minutes after it took off from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, while flying to the Algiers, according to the Algerian Press Service. The news service gave no extra details other than the flight number AH5017

Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso.
Contact was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou, the airline is quoted by Algeria's state news agency as saying.

The passenger airliner, last seen at 0155 GMT, was bound for the Algerian capital Algiers, it added.
Flight AH 5017 had 110 passengers and six crew on board, officials said.
"In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," Air Algerie officials, quoted by APS news agency, said.
The plane is chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair.

In a statement (in Spanish), Swiftair said that the aircraft was an MD83 and that they were unable to establish contact with the plane. The plane was originally scheduled to land at 0510 local time, it said.
Flight AH 5017 flies the Ouagadougou-Algiers route four times a week, AFP news agency reported.
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[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I hate flying so much

 

[craigdbfan]

I have to say that it's beyond odd that we've had this amount of aviation issues/catastrophes within a span of a few days. Not to mention the still unsolved case with MH370.

 

[jmc]

Not another.

 

[Hyde]

Kinda puts you off going on planes.

 

[Breogan]

I have to say that it's beyond odd that we've had this amount of aviation issues/catastrophes within a span of a few days. Not to mention the still unsolved case with MH370.

No it's not that odd, or uncommon, it happens all the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft
Especially the more planes we have in the air all at once.

"Beyond" odd - would be a mistake to draw imaginary connections, become unnaturally fearful of a connection, or think this is just happening now.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Kinda puts you off going on planes.

I already have anxiety issues about flying. A few years back, I actually ended up cancelling a trip I was supposed to take cuz my anxiety got so bad I couldn't get on the plane.

I've flown since then, but stories like the past year where we've had 3 major plane issues now doesn't help that anxiety.

And of course, I know that this article discusses a much larger tragedy than my personal anxiety, but that's what I can relate to.

 

[craigdbfan]

I already have anxiety issues about flying. A few years back, I actually ended up cancelling a trip I was supposed to take cuz my anxiety got so bad I couldn't get on the plane.

I've flown since then, but stories like the past year where we've had 3 major plane issues now doesn't help that anxiety.

And of course, I know that this article discusses a much larger tragedy than my personal anxiety, but that's what I can relate to.

Completely understandable.

I get over it once I'm in there watching an inflight movie or messing around with my phone but the anticipation before boarding gets my palms pretty clammy.

 

[DeadPresident]

Is this an elaborate ploy? Surely there can't be another one?

 

[KevanG]

This is crazy.

 

[craigdbfan]

Unconfirmed reports are saying the plane crashed/landed in Niger. More as the story develops.

 

[Breogan]

Is this an elaborate ploy? Surely there can't be another one?

Seriously?
Planes sometimes go down (and within a span of a few days) almost every year. there is no connection or ploy here.

 

[DeadPresident]

Seriously?
Planes sometimes go down (and within a span of a few days) almost every year. there is no connection or ploy here.

It was tongue in cheek man, I'm just surprised is all. 3 high profile incidents in a 7 month period seems out of the ordinary.

 

[AnneFan]

These plane stories are disturbing indeed, and becoming frequent.

 

[Breogan]

It was tongue in cheek man, I'm just surprised is all. 3 high profile incidents in a 7 month period seems out of the ordinary.

Ok, except it's not that out of the ordinary, I provided a link.
And what exactly is so high profile about the Algeria flight, except that it happened within a few days of the other? Which again, happens it's not something that unordinary or new.
Why make imaginary connections that aren't there.

becoming frequent.

This is not become something new. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft

(random search even here) http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=15543726&postcount=1

People are acting like planes weren't crashing (and even within a span of a few days) before.
There is a link, look at it, at this point it's just willful ignorance and/or superstition feeding willful ignorance, which I can't stand.

Making connections here because of time proximity is willful ignorance.

 

[Destructus86]

Yeah ok. I didn't want to fly before....now I have ZERO interest in ever doing.

 

[Fallen Angel]

planes have crashed and gone missing on a yearly basis are they ever reported liker this? its' only because of what's happened this year with the other two high profile incidents.

 

[kane9321]

I hate motherfn flying...i really do

 

[Breogan]

I hate motherfn flying...i really do

And yet do you drive?
Imagine a plane full of people crashing, killing everyone on board, every single day.

That’s approximate how many people die driving on US roads daily!

It's so common, that the media doesn't feed most of it to you, and don't make spurious connections between unrelated crashes. Instead people without batting an eye get into their cars every day.

Again (in us alone) # fatal car crashes = as if one plane was crashing every day .

 

[kane9321]

And yet do you drive?
Imagine a plane full of people crashing, killing everyone on board, every single day.

That’s approximate how many people die on US roads daily!

STILL hate to fly...PERIOD

 

[Feenix]

And yet do you drive?
Imagine a plane full of people crashing, killing everyone on board, every single day.

That’s approximate how many people die on US roads daily!

It's so common, that the media doesn't feed most of it to you, and don't make spurious connections between unrelated crashes. Instead people without batting an eye get into their cars every day.

Again (in us alone) # fatal car crashes = as if one plane was crashing every day .

I remember reading a book once about how something so rare (like a plane crash) can put people off flying, but driving kills more people every day than plane crashes and yet everyone still drives.

The risk of being in a car accident is significantly higher than the risk of being on a plane that crashes. People still drive because they do it every day and because the media doesn't focus on every single car crash, but they do focus on every plane crash.

After 9/11, my boyfriend booked a flight because they were all cheap. He knew the odds of another hijacking were so low, that the risk involved in booking a flight right after a hijacking was minimal at best.

 

[tzarinna]

I'd say boats were another option, but they're not having a good run the last few years.

 

[charl_huntress]

That's sad to hear.

 

[Breogan]

Apparently, two French fighter jets (forces already stationed in the area of Mali, halfway between Gao and Kidal) have located the wreckage near the Malian city of Gao.

The northern part of the country was hit by a powerful sandstorm overnight, according to Reuters.

Again it would be foolish to draw imaginary connections with these unrelated plane incidents, become unnaturally fearful making imagined connections, or think this a new phenomena that is just happening now, just because of the proximity of dates.

Gao - https://www.google.com/maps/place/G...m2!3m1!1s0xe20096c8f6ebd0f:0xb09baec07a595a63

On the flight path between Burkina Faso & Algiers

According to CNN meteorologist Mari Ramos, at the time of the flight, there were thunderstorms in the area of the flight path.

This is a turbulent area, so it is likely that if the plane was diverted because of weather, it was to avoid a bumpy flight. Thunderstorms are a very common occurrence at this time of year in this area.

That said, no word on survives yet

 

[Breogan]

............

The plane sent its last message around 0130 GMT (9:30 p.m. EDT), asking Niger air control to change its route because of heavy rains in the area, Burkina Faso Transport Minister Jean Bertin Ouedraogo said.