Algeria Lost Contact With Air Algerie MD-83

[Grahame Hutchison]

From Independent News ...


ALGERIAN aviation authorities have lost contact with an Air Algerie aircraft en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers (http://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/Algiers), about 50 minutes after take-off, the APS state news agency reported this morning.


Full Story (http://www.independent.ie/world-news/africa/algeria-lost-contact-with-air-algerie-aircraft-aps-state-news-agency-30456511.html)

Arab News (http://www.arabnews.com/news/world/606851)

[David N]

Seven News break said it was an A320 and showed a 737-200
Flightaware (Jans Aviation) (http://jansaviation.com/news.php?art=aircraft-lost-over-africa) has it has an MD83 leased from Swiftair (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(Swiftair)/McDonnell-Douglas-MD-83/2458008/L/&sid=188441cb25bcb075be7b878f3e270d01) :confused:

[Grahame Hutchison]

From Mirror UK ...

"The plane has now been confirmed as a McDonnell Douglas MD-83".

[Greg Hyde]

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20140724-0

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