NO survivors from Air Algerie flight that crashed yesterday: French Prez

July 25, 2014 14:47

French President Hollande confirms that there are no survivors from Air Algerie AH5017 flight that crashed with 116 people on board.

Wreckage of the Air Algerie jet was found in a "disintegrated state" in northern Mali, France said Friday, making it the third major international aviation disaster in recent days.

Flight 5017 was carrying 116 people when it took off early Thursday from Burkina Faso en route to Algeria.

Less than an hour into the flight, it disappeared from radar after changing its flight path because of bad weather, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.

The plane's wreckage was found in Mali's Gossi region, not too far from the border with Burkina Faso, the French President's office said in a statement.

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