{{An Algerian military transport plane flying home from Paris crashed in southeast France on Friday, killing four of the six people aboard, police and fire brigade sources said.}}<\/p>\n
They said the other two people were missing after the plane crashed in a mountainous, uninhabited area near the city of Avignon.<\/p>\n
About 70 firefighters put out a blaze at the scene of the crash and found the remains of the four dead.<\/p>\n
France’s civil aviation authority said no information was available yet on the reasons for the crash.<\/p>\n
Algerian officials were not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus Military identified the plane as a Spanish-built C295 military transporter owned by the Algerian Air Force.<\/p>\n
It said a team of technical experts was being assembled to help with the crash investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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