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| Date: |
July 24, 2014 Time: 02:30 |
| Location: |
Aguelhok, Mali |
| Operator: |
Air Algerie Flight: 5017 |
| AC Type: |
Mc Donnell Douglas MD-83 |
| Reg: |
EC-LTV cn: 53190/2148 |
| Aboard: |
118 Fatalities: 118 Ground: 0 |
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Algiers, Algeria |
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Radar contact was lost 50 minutes after the flight took off from Ouagadougou and after the crew diverted from their planned course due to bad weather. Wreckage was found in the northern mali dessert. The plane was on loan from Swiftair. |
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| Date: |
July 23, 2014 Time: 1906 |
| Location: |
Magong, Taiwan |
| Operator: |
TransAsia Airways Flight: 222 |
| AC Type: |
ATR 72-500 |
| Reg: |
B-22810 cn: 642 |
| Aboard: |
58 Fatalities: 47 Ground: 0 |
| Route: |
Kaohsiung - Magong |
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The passenger plane crashed into residential building while attempting to make an emergency landing during inclement weather due to the passing of hurricane Matmo. |
AP Photo |
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| Date: |
July 17, 2014 Time: 1015 EDT |
| Location: |
Hrabove, Ukraine |
| Operator: |
Malaysia Airlines Flight: 17 |
| AC Type: |
Boeing 777-200ER |
| Reg: |
9M-MRD cn: 28411/84 |
| Aboard: |
298 Fatalities: 298 Ground: 0 |
| Route: |
Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur |
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A Boeing 777-200 airliner operating as Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, crashed about 40 miles east of Donetsk, Ukraine. The plane was 90 minutes into its flight, flying at 33,000 feet, when it was apparently hit by a surface to air missile. Debris was spread over a wide area. All 283 passengers and crew of 15 were killed. This is the 8th worst aviation disaster in aviation history. |
Reuters
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| Date: |
July 7, 2014 Time: 0750 |
| Location: |
Thach That district, Vietnam |
| Operator: |
Militay - Vietnam People's Army Air Force |
| AC Type: |
Mil Mi-171 |
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21 Fatalities: 18 Ground: 0 |
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Training |
| Details: |
The helicopter crashed about 40 km west of Hanoi, 15 minutes after taking off during a parachute training mission. |
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