Photo taken on Feb. 11, 2014 shows the site of a military plane crash in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria. As many as 76 people were killed on Tuesday when a C-130 Hercules military plane belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashed in the country's eastern Oum El Bouaghi Province, a security source told Xinhua. (Xinhua)

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76 killed in military plane crash in eastern Algeria: source

ALGIERS, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- As many as 76 people were killed on Tuesday when a C-130 Hercules military plane belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashed in the country's eastern Oum El Bouaghi province, a security source told Xinhua.

The plane took off from Tamenrasset airport, some 2,000 km southeast of Algiers, and headed to the Constantine airport, 500 km east of the capital city. Full story