Algeria: Military plane crash kills 257 near Algiers
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
The aircraft came down just after taking off from Boufarik military airport, west of Algiers.
An investigation into the cause is under way. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has declared three days of national mourning.
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