Another day, another air disaster. This is beginning to get scary. An
Air Algerie flight flying from Burkina Faso to Algeria with 116 people
on board has dropped off
radar.
Swift Air, the operators of the aircraft, say they lost contact with the
flight 50 minutes after it took off this morning from Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
. It was supposed to have arrived at Algiers' Houari Boumediene Airport about four hours later
but the plane has just disappeared.
"We have lost contact with the plane. At this moment, emergency services
and our staff are working on finding out more on this situation."
Swiftair said.
The plane, an MD-83, has 110 passengers on-board with 2 pilots and four
crew members. Air Algerie is Algeria's national airline. Update: The
plane crashed in Niger...continue for details...
It's been confirmed that the plane crashed near the capital of Niger,
Niamey. Flight AH5017 was reported to be flying through an area affected
by violent storms.