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Algerian Mil frame crashed [11-02-2014]

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Dutch news website nu.nl reports a military airplane crash, killing 103 persons.
103 people were killed when a military plane crashed in northeastern Algeria.

A source at local broadcasting Ennahar staged, that contact with the plane was lost between the Algerian sites Oum al-Bouaghi and Constantine.

The plane, according to al-Jazeera a C-130 Hercules, would have crashed in a mountainous region, not far from Umm al-Bouaghi. Onboard soldiers and family members.
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Algerian Air Force crash

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killing 103, probably a Hercules
See http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/2228 ... ash__.html (Dutch only)
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Map on this side with crash point marked.

Aircraft type is C-130

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article18340964.ab
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The 7T-WHM is probably the one that crashed

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7T-WHM is confirmed

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7T-WHM/4919 was clearly shown on tv footage just now.

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Re: Algerian Air Force crash

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Sad news. Posted some photos from 2011 here: http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=103216
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