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5. It's been a bad week for airliners.

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 07:02 AM

Jul 2014

MH17, Flight 222, and now AH5017. Total dead well over 400 people. Could be over 450 if this is a total loss.

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Missing Air Algerie plane from Burkina Faso has crashed: Algerian official [View all] Bosonic Jul 2014 OP

116 on board. joshcryer Jul 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Berlin Expat Jul 2014 #2

I'm not scheduled to fly anytime soon. truthisfreedom Jul 2014 #3

It's been a bad week for airliners. joshcryer Jul 2014 #5

I'm headed out on Sunday davidpdx Jul 2014 #7

Reports it crashed near Niamey, Niger: joshcryer Jul 2014 #4

That would be very far east for that route: muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #8

Thanks. 80 French on board. joshcryer Jul 2014 #9

in fact, as confirmed by Quai d'Orsay, 51. mylye2222 Jul 2014 #18

Listen to this RN. mylye2222 Jul 2014 #6

Update, 10:13 a.m. EDST: CBC via AP saying it crashed. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 #11

According to Dr. Suess, err, Cruz... LannyDeVaney Jul 2014 #13

Air Alg�rie flight AH5017 wreckage found in Mali herding cats Jul 2014 #14

That's about 500km west of Gao muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #15

It's all very muddled still herding cats Jul 2014 #16

Air Algerie wreck found in Mali: Burkina Faso army Bosonic Jul 2014 #17

No survivors; 1 flight data recorder found so far muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #19