Air Algerie flight missing

[Kev3188]

MD83... 116 onboard...All contact lost :50 mins after taking off from OUA...
 
Bad things happen in 3's??
 
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/world/africa/air-algerie-flight/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

[robbedagain]

so true Kev   whats even more weird is that this one goes missing exactly 1 week after MH 17  and 24 hrs give or take since the Taiwan ATR 72 went down

 

[Kev3188]

Definitely weird...  
 
This article from HuffPo states the plane had already been missing for 4 hours before the story broke...
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/24/air-algerie-plane-missing_n_5616335.html
 
Here's a cut-n-paste from a flight safety bulletin I subscribe to with some other relevant info:
 
 
Date: Thursday 24 July 2014
Time: 01:55 UTC
Type: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Operating for: Air Algérie
Leased from: Swiftair
Registration: EC-LTV C/n / msn: 53190/2148
First flight: 1996 Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219
Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants: 6
Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants: 110
Total: Fatalities: / Occupants: 116
Airplane damage: Missing
Airplane fate: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Location: Between Ouagadougou and Algiers ( Algeria)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Ouagadougou Airport (OUA/DFFD), Burkina Faso Destination airport: Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG/DAAG), Algeria Flightnumber: 5017
Narrative:
The Algerian air navigation service reported that they had lost contact with Air Algérie flight 5017, about 50 minutes after departure.
Flight AH5017 departed Ouagadougou Airport (OUA), Burkina Faso on a regular service to Algiers, Algeria. 
Airlineroute.net reports that according to Air Algerie's inventory listing, the Ouagadougou service is operated by a leased MD-83. ACARS data show that EC-LTV has been operating flights on behalf of Air Algérie in the past few days and Flightradar24 shows the airplane being scheduled for flight 5017. 
www.aviation-safety.net  
 

 

[robbedagain]

reports are that the md 83 has crashed    no known fate about the 116 pax n crew on board.   at least 50 French of the 116  and all 6 crew were Spanish