Missing Air Algerie plane with 116 passengers crashed: Algerian Officials
- Air Algerie plane AH5017 with 116 passengers on board has crashed, says Algerian Officials
- All passengers on board are feared dead
- The plane had mysterically went missing from the radar
- The contact from the plane was lost when it was still in Malian airspace approaching the border with Algeria
- Soon after the missing report, company initiated an emergency plan to search flight AH5017
- In 2003, Algeria had reported the worst airline crash when 102 passengers were killed
- The plane had crashed due to fire in engine soon after take-off