JUST IN: Air Algerie plane with 116 on board falls off radar *An Air Algerie flight with 116 people on board has dropped off radar, prompting a search for the missing plane. *Flight 5017 lost radar contact 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It was supposed to arrive at Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport about four hours later. *The plane, an MD-83, was carrying 110 passengers, two pilots and four crew members. The MD-83 is part of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 family of twin-engine, single-aisle jets. *The plane belongs to a private Spanish company, Swiftair, but it appears to have been operated by Air Algerie. via CNN
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:56:23 +0000
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