Oh no! Such a sad report. A military transport
plane carrying relatives of members of the armed
forces veered off the runway and crashed on
take-off in southern Algeria today February 11th,
killing all 103 people onboard. The plane was
carrying 99 passengers and 4 crew members.
According to reports coming from news agencies
in Algeria, the Air Algerie plane, a Boeing 737,
which is the country's national airline, crashed
after one of its engines caught fire as it took off in
the remote city of Tamanrasset in the Sahara
Desert.
A spokesman for the airline told AFP that "There
was a mechanical problem on take-off". This is
the first major accident in the history of Algeria's
national airline, set up in 1962.
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