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Air Algérie flight AH5017 crash brings week's air death toll to 450

An Algerian aircraft carrying 110 passengers and six crew disappeared and was believed to have crashed over northern Africa early on Thursday, the third air tragedy in a week.

Flight AH5017 operated by Air Algérie vanished from radar screens around 50 minutes after taking off from Burkina Faso en route for Algiers. It had reportedly asked to divert from its planned course because of heavy rain and poor visibility over northern Mali.

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