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[Lucifon]

Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso.

Contact was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou, the airline is quoted by Algeria's state news agency as saying.

The passenger airliner, last seen at 0155 GMT, was bound for the Algerian capital Algiers, it added.

Flight AH 5017 had 110 passengers and six crew on board, officials said.

"In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," Air Algerie officials, quoted by APS news agency, said.

The plane is chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair.

In a statement (in Spanish), Swiftair said that the aircraft was an MD83 and that they were unable to establish contact with the plane. The plane was originally scheduled to land at 0510 local time, it said.

Flight AH 5017 flies the Ouagadougou-Algiers route four times a week, AFP news agency reported..

#AH5017 pilot contacted control tower in Niger's capital Niamey to change course because of a storm

Updated map from BBC:

Update 15:38 - UNCONFIRMED

The French forces stationed in Mali have detected the wreckage AH5017 halfway between Gao and Kidal, in a very inaccessible desert area.

Update 08:06 GMT

The wreckage of a plane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in Mali, officials say.

"Sadly, the team saw no-one on site. It saw no survivors," he told reporters.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told French radio network RTL that "the aircraft was destroyed at the moment it crashed", meaning that it did not appear likely that the plane was attacked mid-flight.

"We think the aircraft crashed for reasons linked to the weather conditions, although no theory can be excluded at this point," he said.

 

[DJ88]

Oh god.

 

[red731]

No

 

[confuziz]

The fock is going on these days

 

[HUELEN10]

Jesus Christ...

I hope for the best, let's hope for the best.

 

[Hip Hop]

hmm, not again

 

[jediyoshi]

I only initially read plane in the title and thought it was this story from yesterday

Taiwan Plane Crashes in Emergency Landing; Dozens Dead

 

[Clydefrog]

Not true.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Updated:

Contact was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou, the airline is quoted by Algeria's state news agency as saying.

The passenger airline was bound for Algiers, it added.

 

[MikeHattsu]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/uk-algeria-flight-idUKKBN0FT0YC20140724

Algerian aviation authorities have lost contact with an Air Algerie aircraft en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers, about 50 minutes after take-off, the APS state news agency reported on Thursday.

APS gave no details on the number of passengers aboard flight AH 5017.

Looks like it was supposed to land 5 hours ago :\

 

[hiroshawn]

Not true.

links?

 

[HUELEN10]

Looks like it was supposed to land 6 hours ago :\

Why the fuck are is the press talking about this only now?!? Shouldn't we have started hearing stuff like 3 hours ago at least?

 

[antonz]

@flightradar24 · 1m
Spanish airline Swiftair was operating a MD83 as #AH5017 for of Air Algerie. Reports say that there were 110 pax + 6 crew onboard.

ugh I know statistically its very safe to fly but damn July has been a rough month for aviation

 

[Lucifon]

Updated:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/uk-algeria-flight-idUKKBN0FT0YC20140724



Looks like it was supposed to land 6 hours ago :\

Thanks for the update guys, just updated the original post with some more info.

 

[Coldnoodle]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/uk-algeria-flight-idUKKBN0FT0YC20140724

Looks like it was supposed to land 6 hours ago :\

Well shit, that puts a damper on my optimism

 

[Lucifon]

Another update

Reuters: Algerian official says missing #AirAlgerie plane is an Airbus A320 carrying 110 passengers

 

[KHlover]

Oh what the fuck.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Why the fuck are is the press talking about this only now?!? Shouldn't we have started hearing stuff like 3 hours ago at least?

Whoops. Make that 5 hours. They don't use DST in Algiers. Sorry.

 

[HUELEN10]

Another update

150 is the usual capacity for an A320, isn't it?

 

[maniac-kun]

Which route did it take? Anyone got a flightradar link?

 

[Opus Angelorum]

The aircraft lost by AIR Algeria, is an Airbus A320 with 112 passengers on board, including four Algerians. (Algeria 1)
Air Algeria immediately raised its emergency plan to find the #AH5017 Ouagadougou-Algiers flight.

.

 

[Pizza Luigi]

Weird, I read it's an MD-83 plane. Already conflicting info?

 

[aznpxdd]

The fuck. Wait, so this plane was supposed to land awhile ago, and nobody is panicking?

 

[MikeHattsu]

Which route did it take? Anyone got a flightradar link?

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/492238136429539328

No FR24 coverage in the area where Air Algerie flight disappeared.

 

[HUELEN10]

Weird, I read it's an MD-83 plane. Already conflicting info?

Pray it's that and not 2 missing planes.

 

[KingSnake]

Why the fuck are is the press talking about this only now?!? Shouldn't we have started hearing stuff like 3 hours ago at least?

Probably because the airline didn't informed the press until now.

 

[Alienous]

I can't ...

hopefully it works out for the best. If not, condolences to the families involved in advance.

I'm really, really getting angry at all of this.

 

[Matush]

Wtf is going on, I have flight tomorrow.

 

[NegroNinja]

I already have a fear of flying on a plane and so far this month hasn't done anything to get rid of that fear.

 

[antonz]

Based on info we know it would have gone down over Mali

 

[Pizza Luigi]

So this whole 'flying is the safest way of travel' isn't particularly true for 2014, is it?

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Weird, I read it's an MD-83 plane. Already conflicting info?

Apparently the inventory listing (MD-83) was incorrect.

 

[GasProblem]

So this whole 'flying is the safest way of travel' isn't particularly true for 2014, is it?

If you compare it to the amount of people dying in car crashes world wide, it probably still is.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Apparently the inventory listing (MD-83) was incorrect.

The GDS timetable says it's a 737-600 so it's all messed up.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Which route did it take? Anyone got a flightradar link?

 

[mercenar1e]

If you compare it to the amount of people dying in car crashes world wide, it probably still is.

Probably? It's still the safest way to travel.

 

[CoolOff]

Probably gonna disappear and in a few weeks another plane will be "shot down" over Ukraine.

Spoiler

/ Russia Today

Spoiler

Nah but seriously, this is horrible.

 

[kudoboi]

The GDS timetable says it's a 737-600 so it's all messed up.

other flight sites also says its a 737

 

[HUELEN10]

Jesus, it better not be 2 planes gone, but then how can multiple outlets be consistently different at this stage in the story?

 

[KingSnake]

So this whole 'flying is the safest way of travel' isn't particularly true for 2014, is it?

I think it's more the press coverage and the public attention that the two MH flights got that makes it look that it is worse than before. Accidents happen every year, but comparing to the number of flights and number of passengers is still the safest.

 

[Yrael]

Wow, what a terrible five months it's been for air travel.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

 

[runningjoke]

So this whole 'flying is the safest way of travel' isn't particularly true for 2014, is it?

http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?Year=2014

This would be the fourth commercial flight crash of 2014, it is a bad year but it's still many times more safe than driving.

 

[confuziz]

When has weather ever played a role in plane crashes? Maybe 1 or 2% of all the crashes..

 

[Alpha_eX]

When has weather ever played a role in plane crashes? Maybe 1 or 2% of all the crashes..

Taiwan flight, yesterday?

 

[Chariot]

When has weather ever played a role in plane crashes? Maybe 1 or 2% of all the crashes..

Even if you're numbers are correct, it's a possibility that has to be looked at.

 

[Cheesecakebobby]

When has weather ever played a role in plane crashes? Maybe 1 or 2% of all the crashes..

It is often a contributing factor alongside minor malfunction, human error etc. It's normally a combination of factors and any one alone would not have been enough to down a plane.

 

[Rivitur]

Here we go again...

They didn't find the Malaysia one did they? (If so they stopped searching already right?)

 

[MikeHattsu]

Jesus, it better not be 2 planes gone, but then how can multiple outlets be consistently different at this stage in the story?

They used leased plane(s) and didn't update the systems with the correct plane info it seems.

 

[eot]

Is this the year of plane crashes?
What is going on?

Hope it shows up again.