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Air Algérie Flight 5017
Accident
Date24 July 2014 (2014-07-24)
SummaryCrash; under investigation
SiteSoutheast of Gossi, Mali
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMcDonnell Douglas MD-83
OperatorSwiftair for Air Algérie
RegistrationEC-LTV
Flight originOuagadougou Airport, Burkina Faso
DestinationHouari Boumediene Airport, Algiers
Passengers110
Crew6
Fatalities116 (all)

Air Algérie Flight 5017 (AH5017/DAH5017) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed in Mali, near the town of Gossi,[1] on 24 July 2014. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 with 110 passengers and 6 crew on board, operated by Swiftair, disappeared from radar 50 minutes after take-off.[2] The aircraft had been chartered by Air Algérie to provide additional capacity for the summer season.[3]

On 25 July 2014, French President, Francois Hollande, said that there were no survivors.[4]

Aircraft

The aircraft previously operated with Austral Líneas Aéreas as LV-BHN, seen at Buenos Aires in March 2008.

The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EC-LTV, msn 53190, line number 2148. The aircraft had first flown in June 1996 as SU-ZCA, entering service with Heliopolis Airlines on 23 August. It was re-registered N190AN for AWAS. On 13 February 1998, it was registered HK-4173X with Avianca, returning to the registration N190AN on 17 August 2000.[5]

The aircraft was returned to AWAS on 22 December 2006 and was registered as LV-BHN for Austral Líneas Aéreas on 19 January 2007. It was again returned to AWAS as N190AN on 30 March 2012 before being registered to Swiftair as EC-LTV on 24 October 2012.[5] Under Swiftair, the aircraft had operated under wet lease with CCM Airlines, Jetairfly, Royal Air Maroc, Vueling, and other airlines before being wet-leased by Air Algérie to provide additional capacity for the summer season.[3][5][6] At the time of its loss, EC-LTV had acquired in excess of 32,000 cycles.[a] The aircraft's engines were Pratt & Whitney JT8Ds.[6]

Crash

Lua error in Module:Location_map/multi at line 143: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Africa North Africa" does not exist. The flight departed from Ouagadougou Airport at 1:07 a.m. local time (UTC) on 24 July 2014. It was scheduled to land at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers at 5:10 a.m.[6] Air Algérie lost contact with the flight at 1:55 a.m. almost fifty minutes after it took off from Ouagadougou bound for Algiers.[7] French transport minister Frédéric Cuvillier said that the plane disappeared over northern Mali.[8] As of 09:56 (UTC) on 24 July, Air Algérie had commenced a search for the aircraft.[9] According to a French army spokesman, two French fighter jets joined the search for the missing plane along its probable route.[10] The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EC-LTV,[6] leased from Swiftair, with 110 passengers and six crew members on board.[11]

The departure airport and the towns in Mali near which wreckage was said to be sighted on a map of Mali and bordering countries
Ouagadougou Airport
Ouagadougou Airport
Tilemsi
Tilemsi
Aguelhok
Aguelhok
Kidal
Kidal
Gossi
Gossi
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The departure airport (green pin) and the towns in Mali near which wreckage was said to be sighted

The aircraft's flight route took it over Mali, and it was reported to have disappeared between Gao and Tessalit.[13] Aviation authorities such as the FAA warn aircraft against flying over Mali due to the potential dangers that have arisen due to the Northern Mali conflict.[7] Specific threats warned of by the FAA include anti-aircraft missiles, rockets, and rocket-propelled grenades.[7] French meteorologists pointed to violent storms in the area.[14] A diplomat based in Bamako said that the north of the country had been struck by a powerful thunderstorm.[10] A local official in Gossi, reporting that a group of herders near the village of Hamni-Ganda witnessed the plane on fire as it fell before it crashed, believes that the plane was struck by lightning.[15]

Early conflicting reports of crash site

French forces reported detecting wreckage of the aircraft in an area between Gao and Kidal, in a desert region that is difficult to access.[16] France has sent a military unit to secure the wreckage of the Air Algerie plane.[17] Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta said wreckage had been found in the country's northern desert, between Aguelhok and Kidal.[18] General Gilbert Diendiere of the Burkina Faso Army said wreckage of the plane had been located in the Gossi region of Mali, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the border with Burkina Faso.[19] There were also reports of wreckage being found near the town of Tilemsi in Mali, with officials from Algeria, Burkina Faso, and France having issued conflicting details.[12]

Passengers and crew

Of the 116 people aboard,[20] there were 51 French passengers on the plane.[21][22] According to a spokeswoman for SEPLA, Spain's pilots union,[10] the six crew members were Spanish,[23] according to Swiftair.[20] An Air Algérie representative in Burkina Faso, Kara Terki, told a news conference that all passengers were in transit to either Europe, the Middle East, or Canada.[10]

People on board by nationality[1]
Nation Number
 Algeria 4
 Belgium 1
 Burkina Faso 28
 Cameroon 1
 Canada 5
 Egypt 1
 France 51[b]
 Germany 4
 Lebanon 8
 Luxembourg 2
 Mali 1
 Nigeria 1
 Romania 1
 Spain 6[c]
  Switzerland 1
 Ukraine 1
Total 116

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A pressurisation cycle, usually equating to a flight.
  2. ^ Including 1 dual Chilean--French national.[24]
  3. ^ All crew members.

References

  1. ^ a b Hradecky, Simon (25 July 2014). "Crash: Swiftair MD83 over Mali on Jul 24th 2014, aircraft lost altitude". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Missing Air Algerie flight: Live updates as plane vanishes off radar with 116 on board". BBC News Online. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Air Algérie leasing a Swiftair MD-83 for summer". ch-aviation. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Air Algerie AH5017: 'No survivors' from crash in Mali". BBC News. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "EC-LTV preliminary". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d Kaminski-Morrow, David. "Swiftair MD-83 operating missing Air Algerie service". London: Flightglobal. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Bjork, Christopher; Wall, Robert; Meichtry, Stacy (24 July 2014). "Air Algerie Flight Reported Missing With 116 on Board". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Algeria confirms AH5017 crash". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 23 July 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Air Algerie Flight AH5017: Algeria 'Loses Contact With Plane'
  10. ^ a b c d "Missing Air Algerie plane has crashed: Algerian aviation official". Dawn. Agencies. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Cite error: The named reference "Dawn" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Algeria airliner missing on Sahara route from Burkina Faso". BBC News Online. BBC. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ a b Willsher, Kim; Mark, Monica (24 July 2014). "Air Algérie flight AH5017 wreckage 'found in Mali'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Algeria airliner missing on Sahara route from Burkina Faso". BBC News Online. BBC. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Avion perdu en Afrique: gros orages sur le Burkina Faso" (in French). La Chaîne Météo. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Ould Ahmed, Hamid; Diallo, Tiemoko (25 July 2014). "Wreckage of Air Algerie plane carrying 116 people found in Mali". Algiers/Bamako: Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Smith-Spark, Laura (24 July 2014). "Air Algerie says missing plane apparently crashed in Mali". CNN. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  17. ^ http://www.voanews.com/content/french-military-to-secure-mali-plane-crash-site/1964886.html
  18. ^ "Mali president says wreckage of Air Algerie flight spotted in north". Reuters. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Belalloufi, Amal; Ouali, Amer (24 July 2014). "Wreckage of missing Algerian airliner 'found in Mali'". Yahoo! News. AFP. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 24 July 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ a b "ITAR-TASS: World – Air Algerie plane crashes in Niger — Algerian TV". ITAR-TASS. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Gianluca, Mezzofiore (24 July 2014). "Missing Air Algerie Flight AH5017: 50 French Passengers Reported Aboard Crash Flight". International Business Times. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  22. ^ "'At least 50 French on missing Air Algerie flight'". The Local. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "Missing Air Algerie flight: Live updates as plane vanishes off radar with 116 on board". 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 24 July 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "Familia asegura que una chilena estaba en el avión caído en África" (in Spanish). 24horas.cl. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

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