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Algerian military plane crashed in France
French rescue workers have found four bodies amid the wreckage of an Algerian military cargo plane that was carrying six people from Paris to Algiers when it went down in flames in a mountainous region of southern France.
The Algerian defense ministry confirmed Friday that an Algerian military aircraft with six people on board has crashed in Lozere, France.
Algerian Media quoted the ministry’s statement as saying that a CASA 295 aircraft, carrying home five military crew and one representative of the Central Bank of Algeria, crashed at around 3:45 p.m. local time (1445 GMT) in the locality of Lozere, 100 km north of the province of Montpellier.
The twin-engine CASA C-295 plane was carrying a cargo of banknote paper for the Bank of Algeria, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The plane had left Algiers early on Friday with five military officials and a representative from the Bank of Algeria on board, according to an Algerian military statement cited by the APS news agency.
The military said the plane was delivering equipment from France for the Bank of Algeria. It was on its way back to north Africa when the crash occurred.
One witness said he thought he had seen a parachute in the sky, but a source close to the investigation said the object was in fact a piece of cabin.
It’s the second incident involving a military aircraft in the south of France in recent months.
In July, a Cougar helicopter carrying six Eurocopter workers crashed, killing all on board.