8 injured in Algeria as military plane overshoots the runway

AP  |  Algiers (Algeria) 

Algerian television channels say eight crew members have been injured after a military aircraft overshot the runway upon landing at Biskra

Private channels Ennahar and Dzair are showing images of the plane, a C-130 military aircraft, cut in half near the airport, which is 450 kilometers (280 miles) south of Algiers, the capital.

No other details have been disclosed about Sunday's accident.

In April, an Algerian military plane crashed just after takeoff in Boufarik, south of Algiers, killing 257 people in the North African nation's worst-ever disaster.

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First Published: Sun, June 03 2018. 19:25 IST