Nearly six years after the crash of Air Algeria flight AH5017 in Mali, the Paris prosecutor's office is demanding a criminal trial for "involuntary killings" against the company Swiftair, accused of serious shortcomings in the training of its employees. pilots, AFP learned Thursday from concordant sources.
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The Spanish company was the owner of the aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, which it had rented from Air Algérie. On July 24, 2014, the aircraft on a Ouagadougou-Algiers flight crashed in northern Mali with 110 passengers on board, including 54 French, 23 Burkinabè, Lebanese, Algerians and six crew members, all Spanish.
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