Missing Algerian Plane Checked This Week, 'In Good Condition': French Civil Aviation Authority

Paris: The Air Algerie jet leased from a Spanish firm that went missing today was checked "two or three days ago" and was "in good condition", France's aviation watchdog said.

Patrick Gandil, head of the French Civil Aviation Authority, said the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 "passed through France in Marseille two or three days ago. We examined it and we found almost nothing, it was really in good condition."