Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Footage of the crash was broadcast on Algerian TVAn Algerian military plane has crashed near the capital killing 257 people on board, officials say. Tragedy for AlgeriaRana Jawad, North Africa correspondentAs one might expect in the immediate aftermath of such incidents, there are more questions than answers over this latest deadly plane crash in Algeria. Wednesday's plane crash is the deadliest in the world since July 2014, when all 298 people on board Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 died when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine. It is also the second-deadliest plane crash since 2003. Four years ago a plane carrying military personnel and family members crashed in Algeria, killing 77 people.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 11, 2018 08:30 UTC