Air Algerie Plane Missing: Flight AH5017 Disappears From Radar. France's transport minister says the Air Algerie flight carrying 119 people vanished over northern Mali.
The flight was traveling from Burkina Faso to Algeria's capital when it disappeared from radar early Thursday.
"There were 119 passengers on board the plane, including the Spanish crew. Searches are in progress with the relevant authorities. The victims are of multiple nationalities," Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said
"Two Mirage 2000 jets based in Africa were dispatched to try to locate the Air Algerie plane that disappeared on Thursday," French army spokesman Gilles Jaron said. "They will search an area from its last known destination along its probable route.
Air Algerie plane believed to have crashed between Gao and Tessalit in Mali, BBC reports quoting UN troops
It's worrisome that so many planes are in the news lately: missing, vanished or crashed.
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