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Reading an article on NHK, it starts with this sentence about the missing
Algerian plane. The French foreign minister says that it probably crashed in
northern Mali:

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> 西アフリカのブルキナファソからアルジェリアに向かう途中消息を絶ったアルジェリア航空の旅客機について、最も多くの乗客が乗っていたフランスのファビウス外相は、２つの国の間に位置するマリの北部で墜落したという見方を示しました

The part I'm confused about is this:

> 最も多くの乗客が乗っていた

This seems to mean that "most passengers were on board" when the plane
crashed. Is that what it means? Where else would they be?
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Understanding the phrase 「最も多くの乗客が乗っていた」 from a news article
It's a relative clause. You need to look at it with the following head noun:

> 最も多くの乗客が乗っていた **フランス**  
>  _' **France** , which had the most passengers on board'_

France had more passengers on board than other nations.
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