An Algerian Plane Carrying 116 Passengers En Route Burkina Faso Has Crashed.

An Air Algerie flight that went missing en route
from Burkina Faso to Algiers with 116 people
on board has crashed, an Algerian aviation
official said today.
Air navigation services lost track of the Swiftair
MD-83 around 50 minutes into the flight after
the crew reportedly asked to change course
due to a storm.
The plane, which is operated by Air Algerie,
was last picked up on radar at 1.55am GMT
and should have landed in the Algerian capital
around three hours later.
'I can confirm that it has crashed,' the official
said, declining to give details of where the
plane was or what caused the accident.
Around 50 French citizens were among the
110 passengers on board, the airline's
representative in Burkina Faso told a news
conference in Ouagadougou, where the plane
took off.
There were also Spanish nationals on board,
including all six of the crew.