Narrative:
An Ilyushin Il-76TD transport plane, operated by the Algerian Air Force, crashed shortly after take-off from Boufarik Air Base in northern Algeria. The aircraft came down in a field, broke up and burst into flames. All 247 passengers and ten crew members were killed.
The aircraft was transporting army personnel and family members to Tindouf and Béchar, Algeria.
» english.alarabiya.net
» facebook.com/eljazair.24
» alg24.net
» kommersant.ru
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Wednesday 11 April 2018 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-76TD |
| Operator: | Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya |
| Registration: | 7T-WIV |
| MSN: | 1043419649 |
| First flight: | 1994 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 247 / Occupants: 247 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 257 / Occupants: 257 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Boufarik Air Base ( Algeria)
|
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boufarik Air Base (DAAK), Algeria |
| Tindouf Airport (TIN/DAOF), Algeria |
An Ilyushin Il-76TD transport plane, operated by the Algerian Air Force, crashed shortly after take-off from Boufarik Air Base in northern Algeria. The aircraft came down in a field, broke up and burst into flames. All 247 passengers and ten crew members were killed.
The aircraft was transporting army personnel and family members to Tindouf and Béchar, Algeria.
Sources:
» dia-algerie.com» english.alarabiya.net
» facebook.com/eljazair.24
» alg24.net
» kommersant.ru
Photos
Video, social media
257 people were killed on Wednesday in a military plane crash in Algeria's Blida Province, 30 km southwest of the capital Algiers. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has decreed a three-day national mourning https://t.co/Gq6ujipuKo pic.twitter.com/VxreivRKa6
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) April 11, 2018
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Boufarik Air Base to Tindouf Airport as the crow flies is 1420 km (887 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Boufarik Air Base to Tindouf Airport as the crow flies is 1420 km (887 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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