Daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro could be onboard Air Algerie plane - Mariela Castro desmiente los rumores sobre su muerte

The daughter of Raul Castro could be on board the crashed plane Air Alghero, NBC News reported.
A total of 116 people were onboard the Air Algerie passenger airplane, among them citizens of at least 15 countries, Algerie Press Service news agency reported citing a communique released by Air Algerie airline.

***Mariela Castro calificó de "absurdas" las informaciones sobre su muerte en declaraciones a Telesur.***

***Mariela Castro later told Venezuelan channel TeleSUR by telephone that she was 'alive' denying all reports that she had been a passenger. "I'm alive and kicking, happy and healthy," she said.***

Air Agerie plane crashes in Niger

Air Algerie’s passenger plane has crashed in the Republic of Niger, Algerian TV reports. Earlier it was reported that Air Algerie lost communication with one of its flights en route from the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou to Algeria’s capital, the city of Algiers. According to the air carrier, air traffic control services have lost connection with the plane 50 minutes after it departed from Ouagadougou.
Spanish air carrier Swiftair reported that all the crewmembers of the missing plane — two pilots and four flight attendants — were citizens of Spain. McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jet belonged to Swiftair, but was operated by Air Algerie.
A source in Air Algerie told AFP news agency that the “plane was near the border of Algeria, when its crew was asked to change the route due to poor visibility to avoid the risk of colliding with another flight en route from Algiers to Bamako”.
The connection with the plane was lost after it changed the route.
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*****Desmentidos los rumores de que Mariela Castro, hija del presidente de Cuba, Raúl Castro, viajaba en el avión de Air Algerie que se estrelló esta mañana con 116 personas a bordo en África.
Mariela Castro calificó de "absurdas" las informaciones sobre su muerte en declaraciones a Telesur. En estos momentos la hija del presidente cubano se encuentra en La Habana en un encuentro de movimientos sociales........Texto completo en: http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/view/134960-mariela-castro-fidel-avion-algeria-ah5017?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=actualidad
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***Fidel Castro’s nice, Mariela Castro, a prominent gay rights activist, was initially thought to be on board the flight after the Facebook page of Burkina Faso’s main airport - Ouagadougou - stated: “Among the passengers on flight AH5017 will have been two European officials of French nationality stationed in Ouagadougou and Mariela Castro, niece of Fidel Castro, former Cuban head of state.”

However, Mariela Castro later told Venezuelan channel TeleSUR by telephone that she was 'alive' denying all reports that she had been a passenger. "I'm alive and kicking, happy and healthy," she said.

Initial reports of the crash were confirmed by Algerian aviation authorities. "I can confirm that it has crashed," an anonymous official later told Reuters. Early reports from the CCTV network and Algerian TV suggested that it went down in Niger rather than Mali.
A spokeswoman for Spanish private airline company, Swiftair, confirmed that it had lost contact with one of its planes operated by Air Algerie on Thursday. The plane was an Air Algerie MD-83, flight AH5017.
"Air navigation services have lost contact with an Air Algerie plane Thursday flying from Ouagadougou to Algiers, 50 minutes after take-off,"the airline said.
Swiftair said that there had been “no contact” with the missing aircraft since..................http://rt.com/news/175264-algeria-plane-crash-ah5017/
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