French soldiers at the site of the plane crash in a desolate region of restive northern Mali. (AP Photo/ECPAD)

(Bloomberg) — An international salvage force including United Nations and French troops rushed to secure the site of the downed Air Algerie MD-83, which crashed in Mali en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso, leaving no survivors.

The group, which includes more than 200 French and Malian soldiers, was deployed to a thinly populated semi-arid area near the Burkina Faso border where Flight AH5017 crashed at about 2 a.m. yesterday. The plane, carrying 110 passengers and six crew, was formally identified by the French military earlier today, which has secured the site and found one black box.


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