BBC News - Algeria airliner missing on Sahara route from Burkina Faso My immediate thought was ''how old was the aircraft'', since that generally is not a big concern/ignored for most African carriers. Swiftair EC-LTV (McDonnell Douglas MD-80/90 - MSN 53190) (Ex HK-4137X LV-BHN N190AN ) | Airfleets aviation I'm sure some will ellaborate, but 18 years isn't ''that'' old, right? Although I'm sure it depends on the amount of landing et all.
Thunderstorms are still the killers they have always been. I suspect this is a story line that will be played out here yet again.
Makes you wonder if the weather radar was operational. Third world airliners are getting swatted out of the sky like flies. Scary. What is that, 3 in less than two weeks?
