Algerie B736 near Algiers on Aug 6th 2016, contaminated fuel filter, engine shut down
Last Update: August 7, 2016 / 15:31:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 6, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Algerie
Flight number
AH-1020
Departure
Algiers, Algeria
Destination
Marseille, France
Aircraft Registration
7T-VJQ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-600
ICAO Type Designator
B736
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.
On Aug 7th 2016 the airline reported the aircraft returned due to a contaminated fuel filter, the engine needed to be shut down.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Algiers about 25 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 6, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Algerie
Flight number
AH-1020
Departure
Algiers, Algeria
Destination
Marseille, France
Aircraft Registration
7T-VJQ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-600
ICAO Type Designator
B736
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