24 July: Air Algerie AH5017 disappears over Mali amid poor weather near the border with Burkina Faso. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was operated by Spain's Swiftair, and was heading from Ouagadougou to Algiers carrying 116 passengers - 51 of them French. All are thought to have died.
Murder In The Sky: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
BBC: Air disasters timeline
The wreckages of the Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 18.
