Air travel is becoming very scary all around the world as plans continue to get lost in the air or crash—in large numbers. Today, a passenger jet which vanished from radar over northern Mali in West Africa is reported by Algerian aviation official to have crashed…
Two French fighter jets are currently in the air searching for the Air Algerie plane which was carrying 110 passengers and six crew.
The Flight AH5017 is owned by Spanish private airline Swiftair and operated by Air Algerie. Swiftair 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.
The plane was travelling from Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou to the Algerian capital Algiers when it vanished around 50 minutes into the flight.
It is reported that, the on board pilot asked for permission to change route because of a sand storm just 20 minutes into the flight—and that was it…