A screengrab of the homepage of the Ouagadougou airport's Internet site (http://www.aeroport-ouagadougou.com) shows a map displaying AH5017's last contact zone, July 24, 2014. A missing Air Algerie Airbus A320 plane lost contact en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers carrying 110 passengers, almost half of them French citizens, and 6 crew, an Algerian official said on Thursday. [Photo/Agencies] 

The wreckage of an Air Algerie airliner with 116 people onboard has been found in Mali near its border with Burkina Faso, the French presidential office said on Friday.

The MD-83 plane was clearly identified although it had "disintegrated," the Elysee said in a statement.

"A French military unit has been sent to secure the site and gather evidence," the statement added.

The AH5017 flight, which carried 110 passengers and six Spanish crew, disappeared from the radar screen 50 minutes after it took off from Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, en route to Algiers. Among the passengers, 51 were French nationals.

Earlier in the day, Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra confirmed that the ill-fated passenger plane had crashed in neighboring Mali.

Algeria confirms missing aircraft crashes in Mali

Algeria Thursday confirmed that the missing flight AH 5017 of Air Algeria with 116 people on board crashed in Mali, local media reported.

"We can confirm that the plane crashed in Malian territory and there are rescue teams that are close to the wreck," APS news agency cited Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra as saying. >> More

Hollande pledges full efforts to locate Air Algerie flight

French President Francois Hollande gives a speech at the Elysee in Paris, France, July 24, 2014. The provided elements suggested that the missing Air Algerie plane had crashed while flying over Mali, French President Francois Hollande said Thursday, pledging full mobilization of military means to locate the MD-83 aircraft. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei)

The provided elements suggested that the missing Air Algerie plane had crashed while flying over Mali, French President Francois Hollande said Thursday, pledging full mobilization of military means to locate the MD-83 aircraft.

The French President held a meeting following the disappearance of the Air Algeria at 17: 00 Thursday at the Elysee. The meeting is joined by Prime Minister Manuel Valls, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Laurent Fabius, Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of the Interior Bernard CAZENEUVE, and Minister for Transport Frederic Cuvillier. >> More

Families of Algerian passengers aboard missing plane rush to airport

Family members of six Algerian passengers on board an Air Algerie aircraft which went missing earlier Thursday rushed to Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers to enquire information about the fate of their families.

According to the airlines, there were 119 passengers, including six Spanish crew members, on board the Algerian jet which disappeared in northern Mali.

Apart from the six Algerians, 51 from France, 24 from Burkina Faso, and nationals from Lebanon, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Mali, Belgium, Niger, Cameroon, Egypt, Ukraine, Romania and Switzerland, were also on board, according to the airlines, adding that no Chinese passengers were confirmed on the plane. >> More

About 50 French citizens aboard missing Algerie plane

About 50 French citizens are onboard a missing Air Algerie plane en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers, a representative of the airline told a news conference in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

The plane vanished over the Malian region of Gao, some 500 km southern of the Algerian border, Algerie Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal told reporters on the sidelines of a parliament session. >> More

French, Algerian air forces search for missing Air Algerie plane

French Air Force units in Mali and Algerian Air Force have launched a joint operation to search for an Air Algerie passenger plane that disappeared early Thursday while flying over northern Mali, a security source told Xinhua.

The source, who spoke to Xinhua on the condition of anonymity, said air search operations were focused on the desert areas near the border between Mali and Niger, adding that the Algerian authorities have requested support from the governments of Mali and Niger. >> More

Air Algerie plane reported missing after takeoff from Burkina Faso

This file photo taken on on July 6, 2011, shows CEO of Algerian national airline company Air Algerie, Mohamed Salah Boultif speaks during a press conference in Algiers, capital of Algeria. Air Algerie said on Thursday that it lost contact with a plane 50 minutes after the aircraft took off from Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, en route to Algiers. (Xinhua/Mohamed Kadri) 

A passenger plane of Algeria's state-run Air Algerie has gone missing earlier Thursday 50 minutes after taking off from Ouagadougou Airport in Burkina Faso, the official APS news agency reported.

"Air navigation services of Air Algerie have lost contact on Thursday with AH 5017 flight coming from Ouagadougou to Algiers, at around 1:55 am GMT, or 50 minutes after take-off," APS said, quoting an Air Algerie statement. >> More