A Nigerian Aboard Crashed Air Algerie

Algerian authorities have stated  the missing Air Algérie-operated flight carrying 110 passengers and 6 crewmembers has crashed over northern Mali.

Information on the manifest indicate that a Nigerian was onboard the ill fated flight. Breakdown of those on board were given as follows: 1 Nigerian, 6 Algerians, 51 French, 24 from Burkina Faso, 1 Malian, 1 Belgian, 2 from Luxembourg, 5 Canadians, 1 Cameroonian, 8 Lebanese, 1 Egyptian, 1 Ukrainian, 4 Germans, 1 Swiss, and 6or 7 members of the Spanish crew.

Reports indicate that the plane’s pilots requested to change course of the flight to avoid bad weather before the plane lost contact with ground communication.

The plane is reported to have crashed near the town of Tilemsi, in the Gao region of northern Mali.

Malian President, Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita also confirmed that the wrackage of the missing Air Algerie flight had been spotted in the country’s desert north.

“I have just been informed that the wreckage has been found between Aguelhoc and Kidal,” Keita said during a meeting of political, religious and civil society leaders in Bamako. 

Culled from African Examiner 

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