Algeria lost contact with Air Algerie aircraft - APS state news agency
File shot of an Aer Algerie plane
1 comments
ALGERIAN aviation authorities have lost contact with an Air Algerie aircraft en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers, about 50 minutes after take-off, the APS state news agency reported this morning.
It is understood that there are 110 passengers on board flight AH 5017, an Airbus A320
APS quotes the source as saying that the flag-carrier has "started its emergency plan".
Spanish private airline company Swiftair said it had lost contact with one of its airplane operated by Air Algerie with 110 passengers and six crew members on board.
The company said in a notice posted on its website that the aircraft took off from Burkina Faso at 0117 local time and was supposed to land in Algiers at 0510 local time but never reached its destination.
More to follow. m.independent.ie/world-news/africa/algeria-lost-contact-with-air-algerie-aircraft-aps-state-news-agency-30456511.html