Mali's president says wreckage of missing Air Algerie flight has been spotted in north of country as 116 passengers feared dead

Mali's president says wreckage of missing Air Algerie flight has been spotted in north of country as 116 passengers feared dead

Air MD-83 vanished 50mins after take-off from capital of Burkina FasoNow Mali president has confirmed wreckage has been found in desertPlane 'made detour over fears it was flying into a storm over northern Mali'Crew also worried it may collide withanother aircraft, airline source saidMali air space graded 'high risk' by U.S. aviation authority due to civil warComes after 298 killed in MH17 disaster and 48 die in plane crash in TaiwanThe fate of the Air Algerie flight which vanished with 116 people on board en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers appears to have been uncovered after Mali's President confirmed wreckage has been found.Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said today that the wreckage of the flight had been spotted in his country's desert north.It is the third major aviation disaster in a week, following the MH17 disaster in Ukraine and the TransAsia Airways crash in Taiwan yesterday.Nearly 250 people died in these two crashes. The week's grim toll may now rise by 116 more.'I have just been informed that the wreckage has been found between Aguelhoc and Kidal,' Keita said during a meeting of political, religious and civil society leaders in Bamako. He did not give any more details.