Deadly plane crash reported in Algeria

Many people are feared to have died as a military plane crashed in Algeria, BBC News reports, citing local media.

Local sources have been quoted as saying the death toll could exceed 200.

TV news reports said 14 ambulances were at the scene and injured people were being transferred to hospital.

It happened on Wednesday morning at Boufarik military airport, an air force base near the capital, Algiers. Footage from the scene showed smoke coming off wreckage in a field.

فيديو| وسائل إعلام: 200 قتيل في تحطم الطائرة قرب العاصمة #الجزائر pic.twitter.com/ABh8SSPrjK

— سبر (@Sabrnews) April 11, 2018