The head of the Algerian army, the vice-minister of defence, and military chief of staff visited the crash site to inspect the wreckage. It is the deadliest plane crash since Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. The aircraft that crashed on Wednesday was a Russian-built Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane. Wednesday’s flight was en route to the Algerian region of Tindouf before heading south to Béchar, according to the defence ministry. The defence ministry said poor weather conditions had been the likely cause.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 11, 2018 09:22 UTC