The cause of the crash is unknown. At least two servicemen are said to have been killed. Netizens have shared footage from the alleged wreckage site.
Deux officiers un lieutenant-colonel et un lieutenant tués dans le #crash d'un #avionMilitaire survenu lundi soir près d' #OumElbouaghi pic.twitter.com/4owaD9ApdY
— Messir Hamid (@MessirHamid) January 27, 2020
Local rescue teams have responded to the wreckage site. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune confirmed on Twitter that two pilots have been killed.
The Su-30 fighter is a Russian-made two-seat derivative of the earlier Su-27 Flanker, with an extended operating range, capable of air-to-air and air-to-ground strikes and equipped with a wide variety of precision-guided munitions.
