Algeria 'loses contact with plane'

[The-Legend-24]

Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso.

Contact was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou, the airline is quoted by Algeria's state news agency as saying.

The passenger airliner, last seen at 0155 GMT, was bound for the Algerian capital Algiers, it added.

Flight AH 5017 had 110 passengers and six crew on board, officials said.

"In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," Air Algerie officials, quoted by APS news agency, said.

The plane is chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair.

In a statement (in Spanish), Swiftair said that the aircraft was an MD83 and that they were unable to establish contact with the plane. The plane was originally scheduled to land at 0510 local time, it said.

Flight AH 5017 flies the Ouagadougou-Algiers route four times a week, AFP news agency reported..

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28460625

I plan on not flying anytime soon tbh. Shit it getting crazy.

[East_Stone_Ya]

damn what is going on, just yesterday TransAsia Airways plane crashed

[russwest0]

shit happens dude. People die from another driver ramming into them everyday, but is that going to stop you from driving?

[dude77]

thousands upon thousands of flights every day all over the place .. much more dangerous 'driving' than flying

lol@skies aren't friendly anymore

[Draz]

Imagine if the show Lost came out around this time? Shit would go haywire.

[embersyc]

I'm sure if you live in Burkina Faso or Algeria, flying is one of the safest things you can do in life.

[BRabbiT]

[KevinNYC]

There are reports of a big sandstorm in that area.

[LJJ]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0FT0YK20140724

It has crashed.

Most likely in Mali.

[Booz Vivic]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0FT0YK20140724

It has crashed.

Most likely in Mali.

dont espect this to be found. in middle of **** mali

[BRabbiT]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0FT0YK20140724

It has crashed. Most likely in Mali.

rip

[dr.hee]

I plan on not flying anytime soon tbh. Shit it getting crazy.

???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic

[KevinNYC]

Wreckage found.

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said on Thursday that the wreckage of a missing Air Algerie flight had been spotted in his country's desert north.

"I have just been informed that the wreckage has been found between Aguelhoc and Kidal," Keita said during a meeting of political, religious and civil society leaders in Bamako. He did not give any more details.

[ace23]

I'm sure if you live in Burkina Faso or Algeria, flying is one of the safest things you can do in life.

Lol