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Air Algerie: Pilots asked to turn back─── 05:55 Tue, 29 Jul 2014
Paris - The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, has revealed that the pilots of an airliner that crashed in Mali last Thursday had asked to turn back.
Fabius says the crew of Air Algerie flight AH5017 requested to return to Burkina Faso after initially asking to change course due to bad weather. The plane's two flight data recorders have arrived in France.
The jet was flying to Algeria when it crashed in Mali, killing all 118 aboard, including 54 French citizens.
France has taken the leading role in the investigation. French flags flew at half-mast yesterday as the country began three days of mourning for the victims.
BBC
