Air travel is becoming very scary all around the world as plans continue to get lost in the air or crash—in large numbers. Today, a passenger jet which vanished from radar over northern Mali in West Africa is reported by Algerian aviation official to have crashed…

Two French fighter jets are currently in the air searching for the Air Algerie plane which was carrying 110 passengers and six crew.

The Flight AH5017 is owned by Spanish private airline Swiftair and operated by Air Algerie. Swiftair said the aircraft took off from Burkina Faso at 1.17am local time and was supposed to land in Algiers at 5.10am local time but never reached its destination.

The plane was travelling from Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou to the Algerian capital Algiers when it vanished around 50 minutes into the flight.

It is reported that, the on board pilot asked for permission to change route because of a sand storm just 20 minutes into the flight—and that was it…

Reports say the plane’s passenger list included 51 French citizens, 27 Burkina Faso nationals, eight Lebanese, six Algerians, five Canadians, four Germans, two Luxemburg nationals, one Swiss, one Belgium, one Egyptian, one Ukrainian, one Nigerian, one Cameroonian and one Malian.

The six crew members were Spanish, according to the Spanish pilots’ union.

A French army spokesman said: “Two Mirage 2000 jets based in Africa were dispatched to try to locate the Air Algerie plane.

“They will search an area from its last known location along its probable route.”

According to Sky’s Alistair Bunkall, there are reports in the Algerian media that the plane crashed after running out of fuel.