Another plane down - Algerian Airlines

[Justin Cyder]

By the look of things. Algerian airlines Ougadougou departure lost contact 50 minutes after take off. According to this paper, it's a leased DC9. Not the best couple of weeks in civil aviation.

http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/afrique/air...

[Black can man]

Flipping heck, not again surely.

[Eric Mc]

Justin Cyder said:

By the look of things. Algerian airlines Ougadougou departure lost contact 50 minutes after take off. According to this paper, it's a leased DC9. Not the best couple of weeks in civil aviation.

http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/afrique/air...

The picture shows a Boeing 727, not a DC-9.

Air accidents occur quite frequently. Most don't get reported on unless they have some connection with the UK - or Europe/the US.

However, when we have a serious and dramatic incident like MH017, then EVERY accident will make front page news - for a few weeks.

Exactly the same phenomenon happened just after the Lockerbie crash.

[Sheepshanks]

Eric Mc said:

Air accidents occur quite frequently. Most don't get reported on unless they have some connection with the UK - or Europe/the US.

I might be dreaming this, but I'm sure I read that on average there's a commercial airliner crash every day.

[Justin Cyder]

Eric Mc said:

The picture shows a Boeing 727, not a DC-9.

The caption below the picture says: Some Algerian air aircraft. The article says leased DC9.

Edit: They've updated the article:

Article said:

Selon un responsable algérien, cité par Francetvinfo, l'avion est un Airbus A320 transportant 110 passagers.

According to a company officer, cited by Francetvinfo, the plane is an Airbus A320, carrying 110 passengers.

Edited by Justin Cyder on Thursday 24th July 10:57

[kenny.R400]

Light aircraft yes Eric, but I think a passenger jet going down is headline news at any time such is its rarity.

[Eric Mc]

Sounds a bit excessive - unless you include minor incidents as well - of which there are many.

There are also a lot more commercial aircraft in the skies today compared to 20 or 30 years ago so with more aeroplanes flying, even if accident RATES go down, the number of actual accidents will still rise.

[kenny.R400]

Reported as an A320 now

[Eric Mc]

kenny.R400 said:

Light aircraft yes Eric, but I think a passenger jet going down is headline news at any time such is its rarity.

Not as rare as you think.

If a 15 passenger turboprop goes down in the Amazon jungle, it normally would not get much coverage in this part of the world - unless there are Brits involved.

But if a more serious accident has already occurred, then it WILL get reported.

I watch National Geographic's "Air Crash Investigation" and some of the accidents they cover are ones I would not have been aware of - especially accidents since the start of the 1990s - especially if they occurred in Asia, South America or Africa.

[Hereward]

Plane apparently an MD-83 now!

[Eric Mc]

Just shows the problem of trying to produce rolling news. So far the plane could be a -

a DC-9
a 727
an A320
an MD-83

What else aircraft is in the Algerie Fleet?

[Walford]

Eric Mc said:

I watch National Geographic's "Air Crash Investigation"

when is MH370 program going to be shown, was there a magician on board

[confused_buyer]

It appears to be a leased, Spanish, MD-83.

I can understand the DC-9/MD-83 confusion as they (and the 717) are updates of the same plane.

[DJRC]

Airplanes crash/fk up everyday. Ho hum.

[Justin Cyder]

DJRC said:

Airplanes crash/fk up everyday. Ho hum.

Cup runneth over with you. People's children, wives, sons, daughters on these planes, but you know...ho hum.

[Driller]

That's just DJRC being DJRC, he doesn't mean anything by it

[DJRC]

And? That affects planes falling out of the sky how? Or indeed the probability of a crash how?

Ppl only care about planes crashing because of a fear it might be them on that type of plane or that airline or from that airport one day. They don't care so much about the *actual* ppl who died in the actual crash under discussion.

The point remains that planes crash far more often than you think and rarely reported in your nice little middle class news to cause much concern in your nice little middle class life. Protestations to the contrary are quite Franky just...blah blah blah. Esp when its coming from a position of ignorance not k owing the above and from someone who flies on a statistically irrelevant basis. Let me guess you do less than 10 flights a yr?

So yes, its just another plane crash and bad luck chaps you were on it. I do 60 flights/yr, I might be on the next one. C'est la vie.

[Eric Mc]

Probably all foreigners too - so won't really matter.

[anonymous-user]

Thank the lord for the wonder that is the Channel Tunnel.

[Justin Cyder]

DJRC said:

Ppl only care about planes crashing because of a fear it might be them on that type of plane or that airline or from that airport one day. They don't care so much about the *actual* ppl who died in the actual crash under discussion.

Bull. st. Some of us have compassion for our fellow man & I guess some of us are just s.