The plane of Air Algerie with 119 passengers on board crashed in Niger

Almaty. July 24. Silkroadnews - The plane of Air Algerie, which was performing ​​flight Ouagadougou-Algeria, with 119 passengers and 6 crew members on board, crashed in Niger, reported Russian media.
"Aircraft of Air Algerie crashed in Niger," - says the publication on Thursday.
According to preliminary data, there were 119 passengers and 6 crew members on the board. Spanish airline Swiftair reported that all crew members - 2 pilots and 4 members of the staff - were citizens of Spain.
Crashed plane McDonnell Douglas MD-80 belonged to the company Swiftair, but its operator is Air Algerie.
Source from Air Algerie said that the plane was near the border with Algeria, when asked the permission to change the course because of poor visibility and to avoid the risk of collision with another aircraft Algeria - Bamako. Contact with the plane was lost after it's changed the course.