The flight officials in Algeria say they lost contact with Air Algerie, the country's national airline, on Thursday (24.07), 50 minutes after the plane was taking off from Burkina Faso.
The Associated Press reported the aircraft with flight number AH5017 it disappeared from radar at 1:55 pm GMT.
It is estimated that the plane was carrying 110 passengers and six crew.
Algerian news agency said the plane was in flight from Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, to the capital of Algeria, Algiers, and was scheduled to land at 05:10 GMT.
"In accordance with the procedure flight, Air Algerie has implemented a plan Daurat," said Air Algerie official news agency APS.
Poor visibility
The missing aircraft of the type MD83, which is actually owned by Swiftair but hired by Air Algerie.
It was reported that the aircraft was an Airbus 320.
Unknown trajectory used by pilots AH5017.
Geographically flight trajectory will pass through the turbulent region in Mali.
But officials claim the fighters in Mali are believed not to have weapons that could shoot down aircraft.
Meanwhile, sources in Air Algerie told AFP news agency said the poor visibility due to the flight crew requested rerouting to avoid possible collision with other penawat.
"After the diverted route, we lost contact," he said.
Two French jets were deployed to search for Air Algerie passenger plane missing on Thursday morning (24/07) above the Sahara.
The French government said the plane with flight number AH5017 Click disappeared from radar while on the northern region of Mali.
Islamic militants and rebel groups active in the region, but a senior French officials doubt they have the ability to shoot down aircraft, like that which Malaysia Airlines MH17 Click plane, which crashed in eastern Ukraine.
The plane was carrying 116 passengers and six awak- -110 in flight from the capital city of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, to the capital of Algeria, Algiers.
Nearly half of the passengers AH5017 is a French citizen, officials said flight.
BBC in Ouagadougou said the pilot contacted the control tower to change the flight path of the storm.
A diplomat in the capital of Mali, Bamako, Mali said that the northern region hit by a powerful storm on Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
Been known to cause the loss of an Air Algerie but some parties say this is bad news for the airline industry after MH17 fall in Ukraine last week and Click TransAsia plane crash in Taiwan on Wednesday (23/07).
March Click on Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and until now has not been found.
BBC
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