Air Algerie crew have been asked to change course before the connection with him gone

Air Algerie crew have been asked to change course before the connection with him gone

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This was necessary to avoid a collision with another aircraft due to poor visibility

RABAT, July 24. Communication with the crew of the aircraft airline “Air Alghero” (Air Algerie) disappeared in the morning, when he flew over the north of Mali, near the border with Algeria. This agency FP informed source in the airline.

“The plane was near the border with Algeria, when the crew have been asked to change course because of poor visibility, to avoid the risk of collision with another aircraft voyages Algeria – Bamako – said a source in the” Riyadh Alghero. “- Communication with the aircraft was lost after the change his course. ”

According to preliminary data, on board the aircraft are at least 110 people.

Earlier, in a statement the airline noted that “air navigation services have lost contact with the plane, make flights Ouagadougou – Algeria, 50 minutes after departure” from the capital of Burkina Faso.

Representatives of the Spanish company Swiftair, whose Algerian side chartered plane, for his part said that the board are 110 passengers and 6 crew members.

Algeria has created a crisis center to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the aircraft.

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