Air Algerie Flight AH5017 disappears from radar Air Algerie Flight AH5017 disappears from radar over North Africa
Airline has launched its emergency plan, Algerian news agency says
The Associated Press Posted: Jul 24, 2014 6:03 AM ET Last Updated: Jul 24, 2014 6:38 AM ET
An Air Algerie jet carrying more than 100 people has disappeared from radar during a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers, the official Algerian news agency said Thursday.
Air navigation services lost track of the plane 50 minutes after takeoff early Thursday, last sited at 2 a.m. local time, the agency said.
Swiftair, the Spanish private airline company that owns the plane, said there were 110 passengers and six crew members on board the Airbus A320 at the time.
"In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," the Algerian Press Service quoted Air Algerie as saying.
The flight path of Flight AH5017 from Ouagadougou, the capital of the west African nation of Burkina Faso, to Algiers was not immediately clear. The flight typically takes around four hours.
Ougadougou is in a nearly straight line south of Algiers, passing over Mali where unrest continues in the north.
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