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Flight AH5017 and flight GE/TNA222 crashed
Flight GE/TNA222 was a small plane travelling from Koahsiung International Airport to Magong Airport, both in Taiwan. The crash occurred in stormy weather after an attempt at landing before the incident failed. 58 people were on the flight, 48 of which died. The incident occurred on 23/07/2014.
Flight AH5017 was a flight from Ouagadougou Airport in Burkina Faso to Houari Boumediene Airport in the capital of Algeria. The plane disappeared from radar over Mali 50 minutes after taking off. All crew and passengers have died, the majority of which were French. It is not known what caused the incident, and there are many theories, but it could just be down to poor weather conditions. The incident occurred on 24/07/2014.
You can read more on the incidents in the links below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE222
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH5017