Algiers, July 24 (IANS) An aircraft belonging to Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, with 119 people on board, disappeared early Thursday, 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou Airport in Burkina Faso, sparking a frantic search operation by French and Algerian air force jets. The plane was reported missing over the Malian region of Gao, some 500 km south of the Algerian border, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal told reporters on the sidelines of a parliament session. According to an Air Algerie statement, there are 112 passengers and seven crew members on the missing plane, Xinhua reported. Air Algerie also confirmed that the missing aircraft was chartered from the Spanish Swiftair company.
08-02-2014, 06:35 AM
Algerian plane with 119 on board missing, search on
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