Air Algerie: MD-83 appears to have crashed in Mali

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[UPDATED] A Boeing MD-83, chartered by Air Algerie from Spanish company Swiftair, appears to have crashed in Mali with 110 passengers and six crew members on board. AH5017 was operating from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers Thursday when contact was lost 50 minutes into the flight. In a...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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