Saturday, August 6, 2016

Air Algerie B736 flight AH1020 returned back to Algiers, technical problem



Aug 06 2016

An Air Algerie Boeing 737-600, registration 7T-VJQ performing flight AH-1020 from Algiers (Algeria) to Marseille (France), was enroute at FL340 about 120nm northnortheast of Algiers when the crew decided to return to Algiers setting their transponder to the general emergency squawk. The aircraft returned to Algiers for a safe landing about one hour after departure.

The flight hit the headlines of Global Media due to lack of coverage by a certain flight tracking website, where the aircraft "went missing" below FL170. That website stated however, too, they believed they lost the aircraft due to lack of coverage and not because the aircraft went missing.

Official Algerian sources stated, the aircraft has safely landed back in Algiers.


The Aviation Herald

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