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The Associated Press @AP · 32m
'BREAKING: Algeria news agency: passenger plane disappears from radar on flight from Burkina Faso.'
Sincerely hope they are safe and this is not another one, but plane went missing 50 mins after take off.
'BREAKING: Algeria news agency: passenger plane disappears from radar on flight from Burkina Faso.'
Sincerely hope they are safe and this is not another one, but plane went missing 50 mins after take off.
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The Associated Press @AP · 10m
BREAKING: Owner of missing plane operated by Air Algerie says 110 passengers and 6 crew were aboard.
like WTF is happening.
BREAKING: Owner of missing plane operated by Air Algerie says 110 passengers and 6 crew were aboard.
like WTF is happening.
Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso to Algiers across the Sahara.
Contact was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou, the airline said.
The passenger airliner was last seen at 0155 GMT, it added. It should have landed at 0510.
Flight AH 5017 had 110 passengers and six crew on board, Spanish airline Swiftair, which owns the plane, said.
"In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," Air Algerie officials, quoted by APS news agency, said.
'Poor visibility'
The plane is operated by Air Algerie and chartered from 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.
An Algerian official had previously told Reuters that the plane was an Airbus A320.
The plane took off at 0117 local time and was originally scheduled to land at 0510 local time, it added.
An unnamed Air Algerie company source, speaking to AFP news agency, said: "The plane was not far from the Algerian frontier when the crew was asked to make a detour because of poor visibility and to prevent the risk of collision with another aircraft on the Algiers-Bamako route."
"Contact was lost after the change of course."
Flight AH 5017 flies the Ouagadougou-Algiers route four times a week, AFP reported.
Algerian nationals were among those on board, Algerian newspaper El-Nahar reported.
Contact was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou, the airline said.
The passenger airliner was last seen at 0155 GMT, it added. It should have landed at 0510.
Flight AH 5017 had 110 passengers and six crew on board, Spanish airline Swiftair, which owns the plane, said.
"In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," Air Algerie officials, quoted by APS news agency, said.
'Poor visibility'
The plane is operated by Air Algerie and chartered from 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.
An Algerian official had previously told Reuters that the plane was an Airbus A320.
The plane took off at 0117 local time and was originally scheduled to land at 0510 local time, it added.
An unnamed Air Algerie company source, speaking to AFP news agency, said: "The plane was not far from the Algerian frontier when the crew was asked to make a detour because of poor visibility and to prevent the risk of collision with another aircraft on the Algiers-Bamako route."
"Contact was lost after the change of course."
Flight AH 5017 flies the Ouagadougou-Algiers route four times a week, AFP reported.
Algerian nationals were among those on board, Algerian newspaper El-Nahar reported.
Another website just reported the plane has crashed
: 'Air Algerie flight AH5017 crashes in Niger'
: 'Air Algerie flight AH5017 crashes in Niger'
Air Algerie/Swiftair flight #AH5017 EC-LTV 'Latest - is now confirmed crashed in Niger. Still no info about passengers and crew'
^ seems it was bad weather and it changed course but crashes into Niger river.
not sure about these 'confirmed reports' confirmed by who (?)
not sure about these 'confirmed reports' confirmed by who (?)
these latest two actually had what I assume were dead people from the other un that was shot down on when crash land in netherlands!!!
so BBC say, 'victims' of malaysian flight
phooking unluck all round that innit
so BBC say, 'victims' of malaysian flight
phooking unluck all round that innit
correction
the monkey typing the ticker news feed for the BBC has used terrible English the planes haven't 'crash landed', the planes carrying victims from the crash have landed
disgraceful
the monkey typing the ticker news feed for the BBC has used terrible English the planes haven't 'crash landed', the planes carrying victims from the crash have landed
disgraceful
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