Air Algerie loses contact with plane over west Africa

ALGIERS: Air Algerie said it lost contact with one of its passenger aircraft nearly an hour after takeoff from Burkina Faso bound for Algiers. 

"Air navigation services have lost contact with an Air Algerie plane Thursday flying from Ouagadougou to Algiers, 50 minutes after takeoff," the airline said, cited by national news agency APS. 

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Air Algerie , missing plane , Africa , AH5017 , Burkina Faso , Algiers

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