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andrasz 30th Aug 2014 11:52

Ukrainan An-12 crash at Tamanrasset
 
An Ukrainan registered An-12 crashed soon after takeoff from Tamanrasset (South Algeria) at 02:44 LT (01:44UTC) this morning. Flight had seven crew on board, was carrying oil equipment from Prestwick to Equatorial Guinea. Aircraft lost contact three minutes after takeoff, wreckage was located after sunrise 15km south of the airport in a mountainous area, no survivors.

(source: El Watan http://www.elwatan.com/actualite/cra...269655_109.php)

Edit: operator listed as Ukraine Air Alliance. Video of crash site:

El Bunto 30th Aug 2014 15:23

Departed Prestwick 16:00 local yesterday, having arrived there from home base via two-hour stopover at Shannon ( I thought was a bit of an odd dogleg )

One of the chaps at Shannon caught it on departure

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorm...s/14889357579/

andrasz 30th Aug 2014 19:56


One of the chaps at Shannon caught it on departure
That would confirm it as UR-DWF...

andrasz 4th Sep 2014 15:07

After days of silence Ukraine Air Alliance has risen to new heights to meet the PR challenges posed by the present internet age. They removed UR-DFW from their "products"... :yuk:

Air?raft | UKRAINE AIR ALLIANCE P.J.S.C.


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