PARIS — French president Francois Hollande announced Friday that there were no survivors in the crash of an Air Algeria MD-83 aircraft.
The jetliner carrying 116 people — including five Canadians — crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found near the border of neighbouring Burkina Faso. It was the third major international aviation disaster in a week.
The plane, owned by Spanish company Swiftair and leased by Algeria’s flagship carrier, disappeared from radar screens less than an hour after takeoff, en route from Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou to Algiers.
Speaking after a crisis meeting, Hollande also …read more
Source: canada.com
