Algeria confirms missing aircraft crashes in Mali

ALGIERS, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Algeria Thursday confirmed that the missing flight AH 5017 of Air Algeria with 116 people on board crashed in Mali, local media reported.

"We can confirm that the plane crashed in Malian territory and there are rescue teams that are close to the wreck," APS news agency cited Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra as saying.

The minister made the statement at a press conference in Algiers, after the signing of the roadmap of peace negotiations between Malian government and rebel groups based in northern Mali.

Lamamra said the aircraft carried passengers from 13 different countries, including six Algerians, without giving further information.

Air Algeria had announced that the plane, MD-83, owned by the company from Spanish Swift Air, went missing 50 minutes after takeoff, en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers.

阿尔及利亚外长确认失联客机已经坠毁

新华网阿尔及尔７月２５日电（记者黄灵）阿尔及利亚官方媒体２５日说，阿尔及利亚外长拉马姆拉２４日晚证实，阿尔及利亚航空公司一架失联客机已经在邻国马里坠毁。

阿尔及利亚通讯社援引拉马姆拉的话说：“我们可以确定，这架飞机在马里境内坠毁，目前有几支营救队伍正前往飞机坠落地点。”

另据马里国家电视台２４日援引政府发布的新闻公告报道说，阿尔及利亚航空公司ＡＨ５０１７航班客机坠落在马里与阿尔及利亚接壤的边境地区。

２４日，阿尔及利亚航空公司一架从布基纳法索首都瓦加杜古飞往阿尔及利亚首都阿尔及尔的ＡＨ５０１７航班客机在起飞５０分钟后失联，机上载有１１０名乘客和６名机组人员。