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Trial over 2014 Air Algeria Plane Crash Opens in Paris
Technical failures and poor crew training caused the 2014 crash killing 116, with Swiftair disputing liability amid ongoing legal challenges, prosecutors say.
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Trial over 2014 Air Algeria plane crash opens in Paris
Twelve years ago, 116 people died when an Air Algeria flight from Ouagadougou to Algers crashed. Following years of investigation, an “involuntary manslaughter” trial against the Spanish airline Swiftair, who had leased the aircraft and crew to Air Algeria, opens on Monday before the Paris Criminal Court.
The trial of the company Swiftair opens this Monday, March 9, 2026 in Paris. 12 years after the crash of the flight of Air Algeria in Mali, it is a relief for the families of the 116 victims. Among them, the sister and daughter of the two victims of Rouen: Nathalie Police. She will be a witness during this trial.
Trial opens at Paris court over 2014 fatal crash of Air Algérie flight in Mali
Nearly 12 years after Air Algérie Flight AH5017 crashed in Mali, as it travelled from Burkina Faso to Algeria, the Paris Correctional Court will hear the case against Spanish airline Swiftair from Monday.
An Air Algeria plane crashed in 2014 in the Sahel. The accident killed 116 people. Twelve years later, a trial for manslaughter in France opened this Monday for four weeks.
The trial of the Spanish airline Swiftair opened on 9 March 2026 before the Paris Correctional Court in the case of the Air Algeria crash on 24 July 2014 in Mali. The airline was prosecuted for manslaughter by legal person after the accident of flight AH5017, an aircraft operated on behalf of Air Algeria. The disaster had caused the death of the 116 people present on board. The flight connected Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers. The aircraft…
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