Aircraft type MD-83 chartered by Air Algeria Taking Flight No. 5017 AH and having on board 110 passengers and 06 crew members connecting Ouagadougou in Algiers lost contact with the control services of air navigation an hour of his arrival at his destination.
Party of Ouagadougou in 1h17mn International Airport, the aircraft had its last contact with the Nigerian air control 1h47mn, at which time the crew advised that circumvented a storm.
Note that the control tower Burkinabe had transferred the management of the aircraft that of Niger 1h38mn.
On board, there were according to the provisional list provided by the representation of the company in Burkina Faso, 51 French, 27 Burkina Faso, 08 Lebanese, Spanish 06, 06 Algerians, 05 Canadian, 04 German, 02 Luxembourg, 01 Cameroon, Nigeria 01 01 Ukrainian, Swiss 01, Mali 01, 01 Belgian, 01 Egyptian and 01 Romanian.
A crisis is set to Emergency Operations Centre (DEOC) located in Ouagadougou where families and relatives of the passengers are supported and coordinated research International Airport.
Devices SAR Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Algeria, in collaboration with that of France in northern Mali are enabled.
The government says all his sympathy and solidarity to the families and strives to keep the public informed of developments in the situation.