UPDATE:CRASH CONFIRMED. An Air Algérie plane with 110 on board has been missing for 10 hours.

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Last edited Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:09 AM - Edit history (1)

@BBCBreaking:
Missing flight #AH5017 from Burkina Faso to Algiers has crashed, Algerian aviation official tells Reuters
http://bbc.in/1rbKkFV

50 French citizens aboard.

Map of probable crash cite:


@AntDeRosa:
Air Algérie flight AH5017 from Burkina Faso to Algeria has been missing for 10 hours
http://cir.ca/news/air-algerie-loses-contact-with-plane

Sigh......

Unconfirmed:
@mpoppel: China's CCTV and S. Africa's EWN are reporting the missing airliner has crashed near Niamey, Niger

@mpoppel:
Reuters quoting Algerian official: Contact was lost when aircraft was over Gao, Mali

@WxNick:
And the infrared satellite at the time contact was lost with the plane (0155 GMT per @AP report): #AH5017

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1. Update:

@mpoppel:
REU: BURKINA FASO TRANSPORT MINISTER SAYS AIR ALGERIE FLIGHT HAD ASKED TO CHANGE ROUTE AT 0138 GMT BECAUSE OF STORM (some are saying sandstorm)

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2. Crash confirmed!

http://bbc.in/1rbKkFV

Sigh.......