Air Algerie Plane Carrying 116 Disappears From Radar
Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY 7:27 a.m. EDT July 24, 2014
World News • July 2014 • Views: 1,742
An Air Algerie flight en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso with 116 people aboard disappeared from radar early Thursday over the Sahara, the official Algerian news agency said.
Air navigation services lost track of AH0517 about 50 minutes after takeoff at 0155 GMT, the agency said. That means that it had been missing for hours before the news was made public.
“In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan,” the APS agency quoted the airline as saying.