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India Four Two

22nd Jan 2014, 05:13

I hadn't heard of this memorial before. A fascinating story.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72148000/jpg/_72148568_9cec5944-2377-4fa5-97ed-deb0a0ca2518.jpg

BBC News - The Sahara memorial seen from space (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25643103)

4Greens

22nd Jan 2014, 07:21

Tres interessant.

Chris Scott

23rd Jan 2014, 21:06

An almost incredible story, and how easily we forget that the French had their own Lockerbie, less than a year later. I wonder if the 25th anniversary will be commemorated on-site in September.

What fine, independent airlines were UTA and its predecessors, UAT and TAI. Like BCAL, its British counterpart, UTA eventually fell victim to the whims of its country's politicians and regulators.