A United Nations soldier stands at the crash site of Air Algerie Flight 5017 on Saturday, July 26. A U.N. spokeswoman says a second flight data from the DC-83 was recovered on Saturday. The flight, carrying 116 people when it took off from Burkina Faso on July 24 bound for Algiers, crashed in Mali's Gossi region, west of Gao. "Regrettably, there were no survivors," said French President Francois Hollande.
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A team from the U.N. mission to Mali, known as MINUSMA, is assisting the Malian authorities at the request of that country's government, spokeswoman Radhia Achouri said.
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A French soldier looks at the debris from the crash on July 26.
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Wreckage of Air Algerie Flight 5017 was secured by French forces in northern Mali, not far from the border with Burkina Faso, according to French President Francois Hollande.
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The wreckage was found in a "disintegrated state," Hollande said. The first "black box" flight recorder was found on July 25.
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The jet, an MD-83, disappeared from radar less than an hour into its flight. Officials said it changed its flight path because of bad weather.
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The plane's wreckage was found in Mali's Gossi region, not far from the border with Burkina Faso. It was bound for the Algerian capital of Algiers.
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As for the cause of the crash, officials say they are not ruling anything out. "It is still too early to draw any conclusions," Hollande said.