Another Plane Lost With 116 People On Board

Algeria’s national airline Air Algerie has reportedly lost contact with its plane in 50 minutes after it had taken off, with latest reports saying the plane crashed into Niger river in Africa.

According to BBC, the plane was heading from Burkina Faso to Algiers across the Sahara.

There were 116 people (110 passengers and 6 crew members) on board of AH 5017 flight, plane owners Spanish airline Swiftair reports.

With reference to the local news agency the Guardian provides that air navigation services lost track of the plane at 1.55am GMT revealing that the news about its disappearance was made public only hours later.

Information circulating in social media with reference to Chinese State TV indicates that the plane crashed into river Niger.


The news comes days after the Malaysian plane crashed near Ukraine with all the 298 people on board having died.