As it happened: Missing Air Algerie Flight AH5017

Key Points

• An Air Algerie airliner is believed to have crashed in the Sahara, en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers
• Flight AH5017 had 110 passengers on board, including 51 French citizens, as well as six Spanish crew members
• Unconfirmed French media reports suggest the plane crashed in either central or northern Mali
• The plane was chartered from Spain's Swiftair
• Heavy storms were reported at the time of the crash
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