Air Algerie crash: families gather
- 10 years ago
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Some family members of the 118 victims of the Air Algerie flight that crashed in rural Mali earlier this week gathered at the Ouagadougou airport on Saturday (July 26), the site where the flight originated.
A group of the family members took a helicopter to visit the crash site.
The Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaore, expressed his condolences.
Poor weather was the most likely cause of the crash of an Air Algerie flight in the West African country of Mali that killed all 118 people on board, French officials said on Friday (July 25).
Investigators at the scene of the crash in northern Mali concluded the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft broke apart when it smashed into the ground early on Thursday morning, the officials said, suggesting this meant it was unlikely to have been the victim of an attack.
The death toll, initially announced as 116, was
ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION
Some family members of the 118 victims of the Air Algerie flight that crashed in rural Mali earlier this week gathered at the Ouagadougou airport on Saturday (July 26), the site where the flight originated.
A group of the family members took a helicopter to visit the crash site.
The Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaore, expressed his condolences.
Poor weather was the most likely cause of the crash of an Air Algerie flight in the West African country of Mali that killed all 118 people on board, French officials said on Friday (July 25).
Investigators at the scene of the crash in northern Mali concluded the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft broke apart when it smashed into the ground early on Thursday morning, the officials said, suggesting this meant it was unlikely to have been the victim of an attack.
The death toll, initially announced as 116, was