Thursday July 24, 2014
An Air Algeria plane lands at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Authorities say they have lost contact with one of their planes, carrying more than 100 people, over North Africa.
An Air Algerie flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers carrying over 100 people has disappeared from radar on 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.
"In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," the agency quoted the airline 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.
Air Algeria has not confirmed the missing jet's flight path, but it would likely cross the conflict zone in Mali.