Another Missing Plane

[DanH]

Flight AH5017
Swiftair: "Traveling on the plane are 110 passengers and 6 crew members, of which 2 are pilots and 4 are cabin crew."

Air Algerie has reportedly initiated an emergency plan after losing contact with a service connecting the Burkina Faso city of Ouagadougou with its Algiers base.

The Algerian carrier lost contact with flight AH5017 about 50min after departure, according to sources cited by the Algeria Press Service.

It quotes the source as saying that the flag-carrier has "started its emergency plan".

There is no confirmed information about the aircraft type involved but the airline operates Boeing 737 variants on the route.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/air-algerie-reportedly-loses-contact-with-ouagadougou-401969/

GDS timetable listing shows AH5017 is operated by 737-600, however Air Algerie Inventory shows MD83
https://twitter.com/airlineroute

Realtime:
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23ah5017

[DanH]

Seems like it crashed.
https://twitter.com/cctvnews/status/492260191212011520

[TimT]

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/breaking-air-algerie-flight-ah5017-crashes-niger-due-bad-weather-1458125

[Fan of Dan]

This, with the one in Taiwan and Malaysia makes it 3 planes in 1 week. Crazy.

[ueaiouioei]

From now on when I fly I'm going to get one of these

http://www.findmespot.com

[TimT]

From now on when I fly I'm going to get one of these

http://www.findmespot.com

I didn't see any guarantee that it makes it through burning wreckage. Great for lost luggage though.

[Achas Veachas]

I didn't see any guarantee that it makes it through burning wreckage. Great for lost luggage though.

At least you can see the last reported location.

[TimT]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-hezbollah-man-reported-killed-in-air-algerie-crash/

[smart brit]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-hezbollah-man-reported-killed-in-air-algerie-crash/

let the conspiracy theories roll