At least 257 dead in crash of Algerian military plane, officials say

Many people are feared to have died as a military plane crashed in Algeria, local media report.
At least 100 people have reportedly died, and local sources have been quoted as saying the death toll could exceed 200.
TV news reports said 14 ambulances were at the scene and injured people were being transferred to hospital.
It happened on Wednesday morning at Boufarik military airport, an air force base near the capital, Algiers.