RawBBQSauce Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Ok, the multitude of airline calamities are starting to freak me out a bit... Air Algerie plane carrying 116 disappears from radar Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY 9:58 a.m. EDT July 24, 2014 An MD-83 airplane.(Photo: Johan Töpel, Etsa/Corbis) An Air Algerie flight en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso with 116 people aboard — including 50 French citizens — disappeared from radar early Thursday over the Sahara during bad weather. Air navigation services lost track of AH0517 about 50 minutes after takeoff at 0155 GMT (9:55 p.m. ET Wednesday), the Algerian news agency APS reports. "In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," the APS agency quoted the airline as saying. The pilot reportedly contacted air traffic control in Niamey, Niger, to change course because of a storm, the BBC reports. Read More *UPDATE: Plane Crashes in Mali: An Air Algerie flight en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso with 116 people aboard — including 50 French citizens — crashed Thursday in southeastern Mali, the airlines said. The airlines said on its Twitter account that the plane went down about 40 miles from the Malian city of Gao. It did not give any additional details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 What's with all the plane nonsense Da **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Terrible. As for recent events, I am not sure stastcally anything unusual is happening. It seems that way with recent coverage and given how unusual two of the crashes have been. This year might be slight above average, but not that significantly I don't think. In any given year there are a dozen or more commercial airline major incidents around the world. Mostly in the developing world - like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balki1867 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft In terms of the number of crashes, 2014 actually seems safer than usual (so far-- look at 2011), but the number of fatalities in the last week is ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 There's only one explanation: we're all gonna die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 MSNBC: UPDATE: Air Algerie Flight #AH5017 carrying 116 people crashed in Mali, airport official says nbcnews.to/1tFMWNZ pic.twitter.com/nKqOxwKcnG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawBBQSauce Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Wow....thanks Metta...updated OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I have to fly Monday. Great timing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Note to self: This is not a good time to go on your first commercial flight. Stay grounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesMadisonSkins Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Well, in terms of the sheer number of plane crashes this year, it's certainly down from recent years, or at least no worse ... but in terms of the passengers lost, it's a ton. Most of the crashes reported on that list have like 5 killed out of 60 passengers or just injuries listed. The fact that we now have 4 crashes this year with 745 deaths (283 Malaysian, 298 Malaysian, 48 Taiwain, 116 Mali) ... that's a ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 My flight leaves Saturday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 The crash happened because the airline was distracted by the Michael Sam controversy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Well, in terms of the sheer number of plane crashes this year, it's certainly down from recent years, or at least no worse ... but in terms of the passengers lost, it's a ton. Most of the crashes reported on that list have like 5 killed out of 60 passengers or just injuries listed. The fact that we now have 4 crashes this year with 745 deaths (283 Malaysian, 298 Malaysian, 48 Taiwain, 116 Mali) ... that's a ton. The 10 year average is 720 deaths per year. This year will be high - obviously - but that is how average work. While high, I don't think we are looking at extrodenary numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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