More Than 250 Dead in Algerian Military-Plane Crash

Investigation is launched into the cause of the crash, which happened just after takeoff outside the capital, Algiers

At least 257 people were killed when an Algerian military plane crashed outside the capital Algiers on Wednesday morning, the country’s defense ministry said, the world’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost four years and the nation’s worst ever.

The plane plowed into a field shortly after departing Boufarik military air base southwest of the capital, the ministry said. It was bound for Bechar, Algeria, near the Moroccan border, with a stop in Tindouf, the military said.

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