Air Algerie flight 5017 , crashed near Gossi

24 July 2014

Air Algerie flight 5017 , McDonnell Douglas MD-83 registration EC-LTV leased from Swiftair from Ouagadougou ,Burgina Faso to Algiers , Algeria with 110 passengers and 6 crew members it was en route over Mali about 50 mins when airplane lost.After many hours airplane was found crashed southeast from Gossi , without survivors

Air Algerie and Swiftair both reported that they have lost contact with airplane after about 50 mins from departure

At the time of accident in the area it was strong thunderstorms

Both flight recorders have been recovered

French BEA released an interim report.You can read here

EC-LTV

First flight:1996

Age:18 years

Engines:2x PW JT8D-219