Air Algeria flight down
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Air Algeria flight down
Just heard an Air Algeria flight (B 737 ) on take off from Tank..... ? crashed shortly afterwards killing 97 on board. 
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Flight was from Tarmanrasset in South to Algiers in the North on the coast. 1 Survivor so far.
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Flight was from Tarmanrasset in South to Algiers in the North on the coast. 1 Survivor so far.
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Sadly, from my calculations it's crash number five. Not the first idiot politician to duff his facts.
On 11 April '67 they lost a DC-4, also at Tamanrasset with the loss of 39 souls.
On 26 July '69 an Air Algerie Caravelle that had developed an in-flight fire crashed on the runway whilst attempting to land, with 37 fatalities.
On 24 January '79 a Nord 262 crashed during an instrument approach killing 23 people. Official finding was a malfunctioning altimeter.
And on 21 December '94 a Boeing 737 shooting a non-precision approach to Runway 23 at Coventry whacked a radio mast and pranged whilst going around. All five on board were killed.
And then today. RIP.
No doubt about it 4G - you're going to upset some of the more sensitive folk with that post. I understand where you're coming from but many won't. I'd say you're quite safe flying with them. IMHO.
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On 11 April '67 they lost a DC-4, also at Tamanrasset with the loss of 39 souls. On 26 July '69 an Air Algerie Caravelle that had developed an in-flight fire crashed on the runway whilst attempting to land, with 37 fatalities. On 24 January '79 a Nord 262 crashed during an instrument approach killing 23 people. Official finding was a malfunctioning altimeter. And on 21 December '94 a Boeing 737 shooting a non-precision approach to Runway 23 at Coventry whacked a radio mast and pranged whilst going around. All five on board were killed. And then today. RIP.No doubt about it 4G - you're going to upset some of the more sensitive folk with that post. I understand where you're coming from but many won't. I'd say you're quite safe flying with them. IMHO.
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The report
Algiers - An Algerian plane crashed on Thursday, killing 103 passengers and crew near Tamanrasset, deep in the Sahara desert, airport authorities said.
Interior Minister Noureddine Zerhouni told state radio that an engine of the Air Algerie plane had caught fire on take-off but added further investigations were needed to determine the precise cause of the accident.
It was the worst air accident in Algeria since the North African country gained independence from France 41 years ago.
Authorities at Algiers and Tamanrasset airports said one passenger had survived the accident but was seriously wounded.
"Only one passenger survived with serious wounds. All the other 97 passengers were killed along with six crew members - two pilots and four flight attendants," said a senior official at Algiers airport where families and friends were anxiously awaiting for information on the fate of their loved ones.
Officials said seven French passengers were among the dead. One airport source had put earlier the number of dead French passengers at six.
The official news agency APS, quoting rescue workers at the scene, said the state-owned airline's Boeing 737-200 had crashed shortly after take-off from Tamanrasset in the south of the country at 3.45pm (14h45 GMT).
It had been heading for Algiers on the Mediterranean coast in the north and was due to make a stop over at Ghardaia, 470km south of the capital.
"This was the worst crash in Algeria or involving an Algerian plane since our independence," a veteran Air Algerie pilot said.
Tamanrasset is in the middle of the Sahara in the far south of Algeria, 1 920km from Algiers.
The area, noted for its prehistoric cave paintings, attracts limited tourism, mainly from France and Germany, despite an Islamic insurgency which has racked Algeria for the past decade.
APS said the government had set up a crisis committee to investigate the "technical causes of the accident" - a wording suggesting authorities ruled out a deliberate attack.
Interior Minister Zerhouni and Transport Minister Abdelmalek Sellal had flown to Tamanrasset, the agency said.
In January, an unarmed man under the influence of drugs tried to hijack an Algerian airliner during a domestic flight but was overpowered by the crew.
Interior Minister Noureddine Zerhouni told state radio that an engine of the Air Algerie plane had caught fire on take-off but added further investigations were needed to determine the precise cause of the accident.
It was the worst air accident in Algeria since the North African country gained independence from France 41 years ago.
Authorities at Algiers and Tamanrasset airports said one passenger had survived the accident but was seriously wounded.
"Only one passenger survived with serious wounds. All the other 97 passengers were killed along with six crew members - two pilots and four flight attendants," said a senior official at Algiers airport where families and friends were anxiously awaiting for information on the fate of their loved ones.
Officials said seven French passengers were among the dead. One airport source had put earlier the number of dead French passengers at six.
The official news agency APS, quoting rescue workers at the scene, said the state-owned airline's Boeing 737-200 had crashed shortly after take-off from Tamanrasset in the south of the country at 3.45pm (14h45 GMT).
It had been heading for Algiers on the Mediterranean coast in the north and was due to make a stop over at Ghardaia, 470km south of the capital.
"This was the worst crash in Algeria or involving an Algerian plane since our independence," a veteran Air Algerie pilot said.
Tamanrasset is in the middle of the Sahara in the far south of Algeria, 1 920km from Algiers.
The area, noted for its prehistoric cave paintings, attracts limited tourism, mainly from France and Germany, despite an Islamic insurgency which has racked Algeria for the past decade.
APS said the government had set up a crisis committee to investigate the "technical causes of the accident" - a wording suggesting authorities ruled out a deliberate attack.
Interior Minister Zerhouni and Transport Minister Abdelmalek Sellal had flown to Tamanrasset, the agency said.
In January, an unarmed man under the influence of drugs tried to hijack an Algerian airliner during a domestic flight but was overpowered by the crew.
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Possibly Engine Trouble ...
Engine trouble is likely to have caused the fiery crash of an Air Algerie passenger jet that killed 102 people in the Sahara Desert, said Algeria's Transport Ministry.
Experts from the Chicago-based Boeing company were heading for Algeria to help in the investigation, said the government-run APS news agency, without providing details on when the team might arrive.
Interior minister Nourredine Zerhouni said: "The plane was picking up speed when one of the engines caught fire."
The Boeing 737 crashed at the end of the runway in Tamanrasset, 1 600km south of Algiers, sliding into the airport's perimeter fence and bursting into flames.
A total of 96 passengers and six crew were killed, said the transport ministry. One passenger, a young soldier, survived.
All that was left of the aircraft was a burned-out wreck, with blackened pieces scattered across the sands. Tearful relatives gathered at Algiers' airport, where the flight was
Experts from the Chicago-based Boeing company were heading for Algeria to help in the investigation, said the government-run APS news agency, without providing details on when the team might arrive.
Interior minister Nourredine Zerhouni said: "The plane was picking up speed when one of the engines caught fire."
The Boeing 737 crashed at the end of the runway in Tamanrasset, 1 600km south of Algiers, sliding into the airport's perimeter fence and bursting into flames.
A total of 96 passengers and six crew were killed, said the transport ministry. One passenger, a young soldier, survived.
All that was left of the aircraft was a burned-out wreck, with blackened pieces scattered across the sands. Tearful relatives gathered at Algiers' airport, where the flight was
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Results of the official inquiry
According to the investigators, inadequate reaction to the engine failure by the flight crew contributed to the crash.
More at:
http://www.liberte-algerie.com/edit.php?id=28753
More at:
http://www.liberte-algerie.com/edit.php?id=28753
