flight AH5017

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A passenger plane from the national carrier, Air Algérie has crashed on the way to Algiers

This according to an official source. On board were 116 people.

- I can confirm that it has crashed, said the source told Reuters.

Algeria's national airline lost contact with flight AH5017 fifty minutes after the plane lifted from Burkina Faso, according to the airline, according to news agency APS.

Fifty of the 116 people on board are French citizens, says a representative of the airline.

Burkina Faso's Minister of Transport Jean Bertin Ouedrago says that pilots asked to change the route because of a storm in the area.

The airline has begun work to find the missing plane and a crisis team has been assembled.

Obs used translator from google