Air Algerie Crashes in Mali, 116 Feared Dead
An Air Algerie flight en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso with 116 people aboard which dropped off the radar in the early hours of Thursday has crashed in northeastern Mali.
The airlines said on its Twitter account that the plane went down about 40 miles from the Malian city of Gao. It did not give any additional details.
According to CNN, Flight 5017 lost radar contact 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, early Thursday. It was supposed to arrive at Algiers' Houari Boumediene Airport about four hours later.
Ouagadougou Airport said in a statement on its website that French forces stationed in the area had detected the wreck of the plane between Gao and the town of Kidal, in a desert zone that is very difficult to access.
UPDATE: No survivors found amid wreckage of Air Algerie plane in Mali- Read more on CNN
The airlines said on its Twitter account that the plane went down about 40 miles from the Malian city of Gao. It did not give any additional details.
According to CNN, Flight 5017 lost radar contact 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, early Thursday. It was supposed to arrive at Algiers' Houari Boumediene Airport about four hours later.
Ouagadougou Airport said in a statement on its website that French forces stationed in the area had detected the wreck of the plane between Gao and the town of Kidal, in a desert zone that is very difficult to access.
UPDATE: No survivors found amid wreckage of Air Algerie plane in Mali- Read more on CNN
Air Algerie Crashes in Mali, 116 Feared Dead
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