Missing Air Algerie Plane From Burkina Faso Has Crashed

(Reuters) - An Air Algerie flight crashed on Thursday en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers on board, an Algerian aviation official said.

There were few clear indications of what might have happened to the aircraft, or whether there were casualties, but Burkina Faso Transport Minister Jean Bertin Ouedrago said it asked to change route at 0138 GMT because of a storm in the area.

“I can confirm that it has crashed,” the Algerian official told Reuters, declining to be identified or give any details about what had happened to the aircraft on its way north.

Almost half of the passengers were French citizens, an airline official said.

Two French fighter jets based in the region have been dispatched to try to locate the airliner along its probable route, a French army spokesman said. Niger security sources said planes were flying over the border region with Mali to search for the flight. Algeria’s state news agency APS said authorities lost contact with flight AH 5017 an hour after it took off from Burkina Faso, but other officials gave differing accounts of the times of contact, adding to confusion about the plane’s fate.om Burkina Faso has crashed

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8 Responses to Missing Air Algerie Plane From Burkina Faso Has Crashed

mj banda

July 24, 2014 at 6:33 pm

Aviation industry is in big problems
daimond platinum

July 24, 2014 at 6:41 pm

Not Again!
Bemba woman

July 24, 2014 at 6:58 pm

It’s really sad mwe.
takwaladi

July 24, 2014 at 7:32 pm

Oh my God what’s happening ,help we regular traveller with flights.
tutu

July 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm

katwishi ekotuleya MTSRP…
umwana wamu idiot

July 25, 2014 at 12:33 am

Umulu wakwa Lesa,pacalo apela abantu, nomba ama offside yacilamo mulemucita disturb umwine alepekanya ifyo akabakanda aya ama pastors iyalebeya banamayo ifimaso nokubanyenga.
Ewa

July 25, 2014 at 12:14 pm

Too sad. TB Joshua, did you talk to Algerian officials about this as well, or you knew it was going to happen but could not prevent it, as always ?
God save us.
Air Mukai_

July 28, 2014 at 9:10 pm

Try Air Mukwai…….