Algerian military plane crash kills at least 99
February 11, 2014 07:48 pm
At least 99 were killed in Algeria on
Tuesday when a military transport plane crashed in the east of the country,
Algerian state radio reported.
The plane was flying from the southern city of Ouargla to the town of Oum
el-Bouaghi, 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of Algiers. Witnesses in the area
say it clipped a mountain and then crashed.
Foreign media reported that the C-130 Hercules aircraft was flying “in poor
weather conditions,” Algerian radio said.
The plane was
carrying 99 passengers -- soldiers and their families -- as well as four crew
members.
“There were no survivors,” an Algerian security source told AFP.
