Burkina Faso – Missing Plane

An Air Algerie flight with 116 people on board has dropped off radar, prompting a search for the missing plane. Flight 5017 lost radar contact 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, early Thursday. It was supposed to arrive at Algiers’ Houari Boumediene Airport about four hours later. The plane belongs to a private Spanish company, Swiftair, but it appears to have been operated by Air Algerie. A search is under way.