Algeria Passenger Plane Disappears From Radar

Algeria news agency reported Thursday that a passenger plane has disappeared from radar on flight from Burkina Faso.

No details about the number of passenger on flight AH5017 were given. The plane was en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers, and it lost contact with Algerian aviation authorities some 50 minutes after take off, Reuters reports

Spanish airline Swiftair was operating a MD83 as #AH5017 for of Air Algerie. Reports say that there were 110 pax + 6 crew onboard.

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) July 24, 2014

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