Word: niger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Brazzaville to Paris, left the runway after its scheduled stopover in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. Twenty minutes into the flight, Captain Georges Ravenaud radioed the airport to report that all was normal. Flight 772 was never heard from again. High above the desolate Tenere desert in neighboring Niger, the plane exploded, killing all 157 passengers and its 14- member crew. Among those aboard were seven Americans, including Bonnie Pugh, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Chad, Robert Pugh...
...airline said it believed the search focused on Niger, along the path the plane would have taken, and could involve military forces from Chad, Niger and France, which has a small force in Chad...
...said that would be enough flight time to take the plane over the border into neighboring Niger. It reported no unusual weather in the area at the time...
...said it believed the search focused on Niger, along the path the plane would have taken, and could involve military forces from Chad, Niger and France, which has a small force in Chad...
...Foreign Ministry formed a crisis team to maintain contact with the countries over which the plane could have flown, including Niger and Algeria, a ministry spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity...