An official with the Mali prime minister’s office has told the AFP news agency that contact with the plane was lost over the north of the country. The region was seized by jihadist groups for several months in 2012 and has remained unstable, despite a French-led offensive to restore stability.
The following nationalities were on board the plane, according to the Associated Press news agency:
- France: 51
- Burkina Faso: 27
- Lebanon: 8
- Algeria: 6
- Canada: 5
- Germany: 4
- Luxembourg: 2
- Switzerland: 1
- Belgium: 1
- Egypt: 1
- Ukraine: 1
- Nigeria: 1
- Cameroon: 1
- Mali: 1
Now the French and the Dutch can share grief and investigating.