An Air Algerie passenger plane that went missing en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso has crashed, Algerian officials said yesterday.

News reports say the aircraft disappeared after losing contact with the Algerian air authorities.

There were 110 passengers on board and no survivors seem to exist, news reports said.

Reuters said the crashed aircraft is an Airbus A320, quoting an Algerian official. The Ouagadougou-Algiers route runs four times per week, Reuters added.

By Ro Ji-woong (jamesro@heraldcorp.com)