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| Algeria passenger plane wreckage 'found in Mali' | |
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| The wreck of a plane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in Mali, officials say. | The wreck of a plane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in Mali, officials say. |
| The Burkina Faso army said the plane, operated by Algeria's national airline Air Algerie, had crashed about 50km (30 miles) from the Burkinabe border. | The Burkina Faso army said the plane, operated by Algeria's national airline Air Algerie, had crashed about 50km (30 miles) from the Burkinabe border. |
| Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane early on Thursday after pilots reported severe storms. | Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane early on Thursday after pilots reported severe storms. |
| The passengers included 51 French citizens. | The passengers included 51 French citizens. |
| The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - Flight AH 5017 - had been chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair. | The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - Flight AH 5017 - had been chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair. |
| Gilbert Diendere, a Burkina Faso army general, said searchers had found human remains and burnt and scattered plane wreckage, the Associated Press news agency reports. |