Sad News: Algerian Plane Disappears From Radar, 116 On Board

This is a very very very sad news. This July seems to be a black one. First it was MH 17, then it was a Trans Asia Airways, just today an Air Algeria Passenger flight MD-83 flying from Burkina Faso to Algeria with 116 people on board has dropped off radar.

The pilot had asked for permission to change route because of a sand storm around 20 minutes into the flight, said Burkina Faso Transport Minister Jean Bertin Ouedrago.

Swift air (operators of the airline) said the aircraft took off from Burkina Faso at 1.17am local time and was supposed to land in Algiers at 5.10am local time but never reached its destination.

Onboard the jet were 51 French citizens, 27 Burkina Faso nationals, eight Lebanese, six Algerians, five Canadians, four Germans, two Luxemburg nationals, one Swiss, one Belgium, one Egyptian, one Ukrainian, one Nigerian, one Cameroonian and one Malian. And six crew members all Spanish.