ALGIERS: An
Algerian military plane crashed near an airport outside the capital
Algiers, killing several people on Wednesday, local media reported.
More than 100 military personnel were on board the plane when it came down near
Boufarik airport, local channel Ennahar TV reported.
Television footage showed black smoke billowing near a motorway and a crowd of security officials and others standing in a field next to the crash site.
The tail fin of a plane could be seen above olive trees, with smoke and flames rising from the wreckage.
The Algerie Presse service agency said the Iliouchine-type plane was headed for Bechar in south-western Algeria.
Boufarik is located in northern Algeria, near the Mediterranean sea, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the capital, Algiers.
