Air Algérie Flight 5017
Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed near Gossi, Mali, on 24 July 2014. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 twinjet with 110 passengers and 6 crew on board, operated by Swiftair for Air Algérie, disappeared from radar about fifty minutes after take-off. There were no survivors.
EC-LTV, the aircraft involved, photographed in January 2013 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 July 2014 |
| Summary | Crashed after high altitude stall in icing conditions |
| Site | Near Hombori, Mali 15°08′08″N 01°04′49″W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
| Operator | Swiftair for Air Algérie |
| IATA flight No. | AH5017 |
| ICAO flight No. | DAH5017 |
| Call sign | AIR ALGERIE 5017 |
| Registration | EC-LTV |
| Flight origin | Ouagadougou Airport, Burkina Faso |
| Destination | Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria |
| Occupants | 116 |
| Passengers | 110 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 116 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA), assisting the Malian authorities, published an investigation report in April 2016, concluding that, while the aircraft was cruising on autopilot, ice accretion on the engines caused a reduction of thrust that led to a high-altitude stall. The crew was unable to recover from the stall, and the aircraft crashed to the ground. The BEA issued several recommendations to Air Algérie, the US Federal Aviation Administration, and the Governments of Burkina Faso and Mali. Until the fatality total for the 2023 crash of an Il-76 in Gao is confirmed, the crash of Flight 5017 remains the deadliest accident in Malian aviation history.