Algerian Plane with 116 people on board goes missing after take off from Burkina Faso

An Air Algerie Flight AH 5017 which took
off this morning from Burkina Faso's
capital Ouagadougou has lost contact with
traffic controllers.This happened 50
minutes after take off..

The company said in a notice posted on its
website that the aircraft took off from
Burkina Faso and was supposed to land in
Algiers at 0510 (5am)local time but never
reached its destination.... A source from
Air Algerie told the AFP news agency

"The plane was not far from the
Algerian frontier when the crew was
asked to make a detour because of
poor visibility and to prevent the risk
of collision with another aircraft on
the Algiers-Bamako route.Contact was
lost after the change of course"
According to AFP,Flight AH 5017 flies the
Ouagadougou-Algiers route four times a
week...The missing aircraft has 110
passengers and six crew on board..