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[/FONT]At least 257 people were killed on Wednesday when a military plane crashed near the Algerian capital, Algiers, state media reported.
The aircraft crashed near the Boufarik air base, between Algiers and the city of Blida. Ten of those killed were the plane crew, according to state-run Radio Algérie.
images of smoke rising from the plane's fuselage, tilted to one side, with part of the aircraft sticking out above olive trees. Dozens of bodies were seen in numbered bags as paramedics and firefighters worked at the crash site. Cranes at the site have begun trying to move some of the debris.
Crashed shortly after takeoff
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...boufarik-airport-reports-180411081014559.html
[/FONT]At least 257 people were killed on Wednesday when a military plane crashed near the Algerian capital, Algiers, state media reported.
The aircraft crashed near the Boufarik air base, between Algiers and the city of Blida. Ten of those killed were the plane crew, according to state-run Radio Algérie.
images of smoke rising from the plane's fuselage, tilted to one side, with part of the aircraft sticking out above olive trees. Dozens of bodies were seen in numbered bags as paramedics and firefighters worked at the crash site. Cranes at the site have begun trying to move some of the debris.
Crashed shortly after takeoff
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...boufarik-airport-reports-180411081014559.html