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Air Algerie wreck found in Mali: Burkina Faso army
An Air Algerie plane prepares to land at the Houari-Boumediene International Airport in Algiers on July 24, 2014. By Farouk Batiche (AFP)
Ouagadougou (AFP) - The wreck of an Air Algerie plane that went missing early Thursday with 116 people on board has been found in Mali near the Burkina Faso border, said a coordinator for the crisis unit in Ouagadougou.
"We have found the Algerian plane. The wreck has been located ... 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the Burkina Faso border" in the Malian region of Gossi, said General Gilbert Diendiere from the Burkina Faso army.