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Shocking images from the crash of the Air Algerie plane

Shocking images from the crash of the Air Algerie plane

Debris and corpses everywhere ... these are the first shocking pictures of the crash area of the fatal plane of Air Algerie in Mali.

The wreckage of the MD83 was identified by a French unmanned airplane and images were broadcasted by the channel France 2.

The footage shows the wreckage of the aircraft, which has been scattered everywhere, and the dead bodies of the passengers.

The area where the wreckage of the aircraft of the Algerians Airways, which disappeared yesterday with 110 passengers and a crew of six members, among them 51 French, was found by French unmanned aircraft monitoring Reaper, which is based in Niamey, Niger, as announced yesterday by the French Ministry of Defence. The French presidency announced in the first hours of the morning that the debris were found during the night in Gossi Mali "near the border of Burkina Faso".

The unmanned aircraft flew in the area at night was based on information from the authorities of Burkina Faso, said the Ministry of Defence. Forces of French soldiers were transferred by helicopter from the base of Gao in northern Mali, reached the area around 02:00 and "recognized the aircraft". The French Air Force has two unmanned Reaper in Niamey, which were acquired in late 2013 from USA. These fighter aircraft Mirage 2000, which are based in Niamey and N'Djamena, also took part in the previous investigations.

At the same time, researchers in France have concluded that the Algerian Airlines aircraft crashed when it hit the ground, French officials announced that an attack of fire from the ground seem unlikely. The transport Minister announced that Paris rejects "from the outset the possibility of fire from the ground, considering it extremely unlikely, if not impossible" as the cause of the crash of the aircraft in Mali.