Algeria mourns dozens killed in military plane crash
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Release time：2014-02-12
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Algeria has begun three days of national mourning for the 77 people killed in a military passenger plane crash in the north-east of the country.
Just one person survived when the Hercules C-130 crashed into a mountain in Oum al-Bouaghi province, en route to Constantine, in bad weather conditions.President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has praised the soldiers who died in the crash as "martyrs". CN DOMAINMost of the 78 passengers were military personnel and their family members. CN DOMAINThe lone survivor, a soldier, is reportedly being treated for head injuries at a military hospital in Constantine. CN DOMAINInvestigationThe defence ministry said it had set up a commission to investigate the crash and that Ahmed Gaid Salah, who is both army chief of staff and deputy defence minister, would go to the crash site.In a statement, the defence ministry blamed "very bad weather conditions, involving a storm and heavy snowfall" for the crash CN
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