Air Algerie flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency (landed safely)

The Daily Mirror ^ | 8-6-16 | Alex Wellman

[BronzePencil]

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

The Air Algerie Boeing 737-600 took off from Algiers this afternoon on a flight to Marseille but let out an emergency call shortly after take-off.

Flight radar showed the plane turn around and head back towards the point where it took-off but before arriving, the jet disappeared from radar.

[blueyon]

Prayers..............who was on the plane I wonder and how did it

[Lurkinanloomin]

“It has nothing to do with Islam”

[BronzePencil]

I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but.....Muslims

[tinyowl]

Religion of pieces

[TADSLOS]

Someone serving birthday cake on board?

[Kevin in California]

Allah Pickle Jar??

[xkaydet65]

That’s a short hop and under radar every inch of the way. Like Boston to Halifax. But why bomb an Algerian flag plane probably carrying mostly Algerians.

[csvset]

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[Enchante]

UPDATE: Air Algerie Flight 1020 has landed safely in Algiers. Appears to have just suffered from lack of flight-tracker coverage - @BNODesk

[BronzePencil]

Good news!

[Enchante]

a few tweets are saying it has landed safely in Algiers, although I haven’t yet seen anything that looks very authoritative....

[Enchante]

Patrick Markey ‏@PatrickMarkey2 3 minutes ago #algeria local media reports air algerie flight to Marseille has landed back in Algiers after a technical problem

[TomGuy]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/air-algerie-flight-ah1020-declares-8574617

Flight Radar 24 lists plane’s status as ‘unknown’ and on Twitter describes it as a ‘coverage issue’ NOT a missing aircraft.

Some are saying the plane did not crash but is flying below 17,000 feet.

[TomGuy]

Flight path as shown by FlightRadar24

[DAC21]

“Some are saying the plane did not crash but is flying below 17,000 feet”

Depressurized?

[DoodleDawg]

Not good.

[hal ogen]

...or maybe a Scot “gas explosion”?

[grania]

But why bomb an Algerian flag plane probably carrying mostly Algerians?

1. Because they can? 2. The plane is enroute to Marseilles. How many more atrocities will involve France before they do more than prayer vigils and memorials with teddy bears and flowers?

[kiryandil]