Algerian airliner AH 5017 disappears over Sahara desert

[TonyGosling]

Algeria airliner missing on Sahara route from Burkina Faso
The BBC's Alex Duval-Smith in Mali says there was "very bad weather" in the area, as well as "armed groups" 24 July 2014 Last updated at 16:26
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28460625
Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso to Algiers across the Sahara.
Flight AH 5017, chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair, was carrying 110 passengers and six crew, it said.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the plane, which has 50 French citizens aboard, "probably crashed".
Contact was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou, Air Algerie said, as the plane crossed Mali.
The pilot had contacted Niger's control tower in Niamey to change course because of a storm, officials say.

[fish5133]

I wonder who shot this one down?------ yes thats right "Alqaeda are known to operate in that area"

1) mechanical failure

2) pilot error (decided to fly low to give passengers a close view of Sahara Desert--shades of Costa Concordia)

3) no fuel

4) bomb on board

5) shot down

6) struck by lightning and damaged

7) pilot suicide

8 remote hijacking

9) mid air collision (Air traffic control error)