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Plane Crashes In Algeria, Kills 102 People

Raishad Hardnett |
February 11, 2014 | 11:43 a.m. PST

Executive Producer

An image of a similar plane, a C-130 Hercules aircraft, exploding in Iraq in 2008.
An image of a similar plane, a C-130 Hercules aircraft, exploding in Iraq in 2008.
Amid the rubble and wreckage of a military plane crash in Algeria that killed 102 people on Tuesday, one survivor has been found, Al Jazeera reports.

The only survivor was hauled off to a hospital in Constantine. Most of the others on the plane, which totaled 99 passengers and four crew members, were off-duty military personnel and their families, Al Jazeera reports.

Authorities are still searching for other survivors; in the meantime, at least 57 bodies have been found.

While the cause of the crash is still yet unknown, officials say weather conditions may have played into the incident.

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