Passenger aircraft operated by Air'algerie, disappeared from radar July 24, fell in Mali. On a place of wreck of the vessel which was 116 people, rescuers arrived. They examined the wreckage and the bodies of those killed in the crash.
The wreck of the ship was found late in the evening on July 24. The aircraft was completely destroyed. The President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keita 25 July will arrive on-site detection of debris - near the town of Gao, informs ITAR-TASS.
About the place of the crash we received conflicting information. So, on July 24, Keith met political, religious and social favorites in Bamako, which said that fragments of the aircraft body were recorded between megacities Aguelhok (Ayalon) and Kidal. "I've just been informed that the wreckage was located between Angelholm and Kidal", - said the President. Other details he has not told.
Passenger plane McDonnell Douglas MD-83 carried out flight from the capital of Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou - in Algeria. The flight was conducted by the firm Air'algerie, which rented the plane of the Spanish Swiftair. The relationship with the aircraft was lost after 50 minutes after the departure as it flew over the North of Mali. Onboard the airplane were 116 people, from which the natives 16 States, even 51 Frenchman, there are no survivors.
The main plane crash in the history of Algeria to the concluding time was listed plane crash Air'algerie 6 March 2003. Then the Boeing 737 crashed on takeoff from an airport metropolis of Tamanrasset (Algeria). In consequence of the crash killed 101 people.
At the same time, since that time it is already the 2nd largest plane crash. As we were informed Melbourne Herald sun, July 17, passenger Boeing 777 firm Malaysia Airlines crashed in the Donetsk village of Grabovo. On Board were present 298 people, including crew members. To survive failed to anyone.
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