US EditionTrial over 2014 Air Algeria Plane Crash Opens in Paris
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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.
A sad memory. On 24 July 2014, a Swiftair aircraft chartered by Air Algeria, the AH 5015, was crashing in Mali, killing 116 people, including 54 French. The aircraft had just taken off from Burkina Faso and crossed a turbulent intertropical zone in the middle of the night. According to Agence France Presse, the disaster occurred after the anti-icing system had not been activated. Ice crystals were formed in the pressure sensors, causing the dece…
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