| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 24, 2014 |
| Time: | 0147 |
| Location: | Aguelhok, Mali |
| Operator: | Air Algerie |
| Flight #: | AH5017 |
| Route: | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Algiers, Algeria |
| AC Type: | Mc Donnell Douglas MD-83 |
| Registration: | EC-LTV |
| cn / ln: | 53190/2148 |
| Aboard: | 116 (passengers:110 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 116 (passengers:110 crew:6) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Radar contact was lost 50 minutes after the flight took off from Ouagadougou and after the crew diverted from their planned course due to bad weather. Wreckage was found in the northern mali dessert. The plane was on loan from Swiftair. The crew likely did not activate the system during climb and cruise. As a result of the icing of the pressure sensors, the erroneous information transmitted to the auto throttle meant that the latter limited the thrust delivered by the engines. Under these conditions, the thrust was insufficient to maintain cruise speed and the aircraft slowed down and stalled. |
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