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Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar' UPDATE: SAFE
« on: August 06, 2016, 02:42:00 pm »
 

Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar'

    15:22, 6 Aug 2016
    Updated 15:23, 6 Aug 2016
    By Alex Wellman

The Boeing 736 was flying from Algiers to Marseille when the emergency was announced

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A passenger jet has declared a mid-air emergency and seemingly disappeared from radar, according to reports.

The Boeing 736 took off from Algiers this afternoon on a flight to Marseille but let out an emergency call shortly after take-off.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/air-algerie-flight-ah1020-declares-8574617
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Re: Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar'
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2016, 02:46:14 pm »
Another one?
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Re: Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar'
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2016, 02:51:02 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on August 06, 2016, 02:46:14 pm
Another one?
Not good. The story says that the radar shows the plane turning around and heading back to where it had taken off from, and then suddenly it disappears.
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Re: Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar'
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2016, 03:12:41 pm »
No other source is reporting on this.
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Re: Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar'
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2016, 03:14:10 pm »
The story also says they can't track aircraft below 17,000 feet, and that the plane could have already landed safely, but communications are so lousy, nobody can get a straight answer about what is really going on.

Developing, slowly...

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Re: Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar'
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2016, 03:28:52 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on August 06, 2016, 03:12:41 pm
No other source is reporting on this.

Now it says that it may have been a coverage issue and the aircraft may have landed safely but outside of the radar coverage.
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Re: Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar'
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2016, 04:24:50 pm »
Agreed, info seems spotty now. Hopefully, nothing unseemly has happened.
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Re: Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar'
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2016, 04:59:52 pm »
Landed Safely

Per the Mirror ( http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/air-algerie-flight-ah1020-declares-8574617)

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It was later revealed that coverage for ADS-B - a system where satellite navigation is used to determine a plane's location - is limited in the area in which the plane 'disappeared'.

Posting to Twitter, the group said: "We believe Air Algérie AH1020 to be a *coverage issue* NOT a missing aircraft. Our ADS-B coverage in Algeria is limited."

Moments later, media in Algeria announced the plane had landed safely in Algiers having suffered technical failure while thousands of feet in the sky.

The initial worries were sparked when the plane completely disappeared from a number of flight tracking websites.

While some flight enthusiasts claimed the plane may have not been picked up below 17,000ft if it landed safely, Others have expressed surprise that no news of the plane's arrival back at Algiers had been released.
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Re: Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency on journey from Algiers to Marseille 'then disappears from radar' UPDATE: SAFE
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2016, 05:02:02 pm »
Thank goodness.
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