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Burkina Faso’s Transport Minister, Jean Bertin Ouedraogo, has confirmed in an official statement that Air Algerie flight was carrying five Canadians when it vanished off radar on early Thursday over northern Mali amid a heavy storm that pounded the area. Official Algerian news agency, APS, confirmed that the commercial flight was carrying 116 passengers and crew when it took off from the capital of Burkina Faso, Ougadougou, on late Wednesday night and disappeared from the radar almost an hour later.
The flight was destined to reach the Algerian capital and was scheduled to land at 1:10 a.m. local time on Thursday. Apart from five Canadians, the passengers on the flight included 51 French nationals, 27 people from Burkina Faso, eight from Lebanon, six Algerians, four Germans, two Luxembourg nationals. Additionally, Ouedraogo alleged that there were one passenger each from Switzerland, Belgium, Egypt, Ukraine, Nigeria, Cameroon and Mali.
The Department of Foreign Affairs in Canada has failed to respond to several queries for their comment. Whereas on the other hand, French Transport Minister, Frederic Cuvillier, has announced that concerned officials in France have set up a crisis centre in the Foreign Ministry offices. Air Algerie Flight 5017 was being operated by Spanish airline Swiftair, according to a company statement. The plane itself belonged to Swiftair and was being operated by a crew from Spain, the statement said.
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