SA sends condolences after Algerian plane crash

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the Air Algerie Airlines plane that crashed over Northern Mali.

Flight AH5017 crashed on Thursday.

“We also extend our sympathies to the government and the people of all other countries whose nationals perished in the crash,” said President Zuma.

The plane was carrying 116 people. Its wreckage was found in Mali, near its border with Burkina Faso.

The AH5017 flight, which carried 110 passengers and six Spanish crew, disappeared from the radar screen 50 minutes after it took off from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, en route to Algiers. – SAnews.gov.za