阿爾及利亞飛機殘骸被發現
The wreck of a plane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in Mali, officials say.
官方訊息，一架從布吉納法索飛往阿爾及利亞的失蹤客機的殘骸在馬裡被發現，機上載有116人。
The Burkinabe army said the plane, operated by Algeria's national airline Air Algerie, had crashed about 50km (30 miles) from the Burkina Faso border.
布吉納法索軍方表示，這架阿爾及利亞國家航空公司——阿爾及利亞航空的客機在距布吉納法索邊境約50公里處墜毀。
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane early on Thursday afterpilots reported severe storms.
航空管制在週四早些時候接到飛行員報告有猛烈的暴風雨，隨後便與之失去聯絡。
The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - Flight AH 5017 - had been chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair.
這架麥道公司生產的MD-83客機的航班號為AH 5017。它是從西班牙Swiftair航空公司租借而來。
Malian state television confirmed that the wreckage was found in the village of Boulikessi by a helicopter from Burkina Faso, the Associated Press news agency reports.
據美聯社報道，馬裡國家電視臺確認飛機殘骸被一架布吉納法索直升機在Boulikessi村發現。
Gilbert Diendere, a Burkina Faso army general, said Mali had agreed to their cross-border search which was launched after a resident in Gossi described seeing a plane go down to the south-west of the town.
布吉納法索將軍Gilbert Diendere表示，在Gossi當地居民看見一架飛機向小鎮的西南方墜落後，馬裡政府批准了越境搜尋。
