Air Algérie Flight AH1020 from Algiers to Marseilles Disappears - Landed safely

LuckyRoche

BREAKING: Air Algérie Flight AH1020 declares mid-air emergency, disappears from radar shortly after takeoff - @i24NEWS_EN

Conflicting news is coming in from many sources – some say this is just poor regional ADS-B coverage whilst others are reporting more unusual activity.

Smondie

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3726860/Air-Algeria-flight-Marseilles-declared-mid-air-emergency-vanishes-radar-Mediterranean.html

An Air Algerie passenger jet travelling to Marseilles in understood to have declared an emergency in mid-air.

The Boeing 737-600 left Algiers this afternoon on a flight to Marseilles when it let out an emergency call.

Flight radar showed the plane turn around and head back towards the point where it took-off but before arriving - however the plane has now vanished off the radar.




Veer worrying, hopefully it shows up soon

Interesting flight radar on that DM article.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/06/16/36F0186800000578-3726860-image-m-70_1470495697561.jpg

Why didn't it just land in nearby Palma

Fr_Dougal

Landed safely.

failinis

Air Algerie flight AH1020 traveling from Algiers to Marseille returned to Algiers due to technical problem and landed safely, local media reports.

https://www.rt.com/news/354873-air-algerie-emergency-radar/

Good news

Wigglepuppy

Phew. Was afraid there would be another Lockerbie.

bnt

At this point it may be worth explaining that what you see on FlightRadar24 is not actual RADAR coverage, but automated reports from planes picked up by amateur receivers on the ground. Coverage in the Algiers area is poor, you can see this in the way the plane's track only starts once it's well away from Algiers.

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/761942304068366337

suicide_circus

^^^^ what kind of receivers do these amateurs have? And why?

bnt

suicide_circus wrote: »

^^^^ what kind of receivers do these amateurs have? And why?

The "why" is easy: it's fun and useful. The "what" is explained here. They're called ADS-B receivers, which pick up the position broadcasts from aircraft and upload them to the FlightRadar servers.