Breaking News: Air Algerie Flight #AH5017 Crashes In Niger Due To BadWeather, 116 On Board [Read More]

Flight 5017 lost radar contact 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It was supposed to have arrived at Algiers’ Houari Boumediene Airport a few hours later.

The plane is an MD-83. It was carrying 110 passengers, two pilots and four crew members. A private Spanish company, Swiftair, operates the plane for Air Algerie.