Black box found at site of Air Algerie crash

black box planeThe black box was recovered from the wreckage, in the Gossi region near the border with Burkina Faso, and is being taken to the northern city of Gao, where a French contingent is based, Hollande told reporters after a crisis meeting with top ministers.

“There are, alas, no survivors,” Hollande said. “I share the pain of families living through this terrible ordeal.”

Nearly half of the passengers aboard the flight were French, many headed on to Europe after arriving in the Algerian capital from the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou.

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