Algiers: An aircraft belonging to Algeria’s national airline, Air Algerie, with 119 people on board, disappeared on Thursday, 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou Airport in Burkina Faso, sparking a frantic search operation by French and Algerian air force jets.The plane was reported missing over the Malian region of Gao, some 500 km south of the Algerian border. (IANS)