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Algeria says 257 people died in military plane crash
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria’s defense ministry says 257 people have died in military plane crash.
Civil protection agency spokesman Farouk Achour tells The Associated Press that some passengers were “extracted with deep burns caused by the fuselage catching fire.”
He says more than 300 emergency workers are working at the scene.
Algerian TV network Ennahar publishes images of body bags lined up in a field after the crash.
The crash occurred soon after takeoff from the Boufarik air base southwest of the capital Algiers.
— AP
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