The incident reportedly occurred at 8:00 a.m. local time, when a transportation aircraft crashed near the airport of the Algerian city of Blida, Boufarik province.
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Local authorities have deployed 130 members of the civil protection unit, 14 ambulances and 10 truck to evacuate the injured to the scene of the crash, Dia Algerie outlet reported.
🔴#ALERTE 🔴#Algérie
— Algérie24 (@Alg24net) 11 апреля 2018 г.
L'avion, un Iliouchine utilisé pour le transport des troupes militaire, s'est écrasé dans un champ pas loin de l'aéroport de Boufarik https://t.co/ELoeF5q2mp pic.twitter.com/D2MuwWs94G
#عاجل /#الجزائر / #الطائرة_العسكرية_الجزائرية / أنباء وجود قتلى كانوا على متن #طائرة عسكرية سقطت بالقرب من مطار #بوفاريك العسكري #البليدة. pic.twitter.com/WgnBM2de7Z
— #ترند_الجزائر (@ALGERIA_trend) 11 апреля 2018 г.
#BREAKING: No survivors in Boufarik millitary plane crash in #Algeria, ‘around 200’ were on board pic.twitter.com/AK0DfCr1zq
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) 11 апреля 2018 г.
Earlier media reports suggested that there were some 200 people aboard the aircraft, all of whom had died in the incident. However, according to the recent data, provided by the country's Defense Ministry, some 257 people have died in the crash.
