Contact lost with an Air Algiers flight in Mali. Yahoo/Reuters

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Air traffic controllers have lost contact with a Air Algiers flight flying over Mali. -Yahoo/Reuters The plane was flying from Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers and 6 crew aboard. The last contact with the plane was at 4:30 AM local time. A powerful sandstorm hit near the flight plan of the plane, but it is currently unknown if that had any impact.

My Comment:

More bad news for the airline industry. I'm not sure if it there is just more coverage of plane accidents lately or if it has been a string of bad luck but by any standard it sure seems like a bad month to be flying. Hopefully this has a happy ending but i am not holding my breath. I will try to update this post if new information becomes available this morning.

EDIT: Reuters is now reporting that the plane has crashed. What a horrible couple of weeks for aviation. I haven't even covered the crash in Taiwan yesterday...