A Ukrainian civil aircraft in which seven people were traveling crashed Saturday near the airport in the province of Tamanrasset in southern Algeria, where he had made a stopover.
The plane was heading to Equatorial Guinea, as reported by the Algerian official news agency APS.
According to preliminary information, apparatus, an Antonov 12 crashed in a mountainous area about 25 miles south of Tamanrasset airport.
After the incident, a search operation was launched and rescue teams found that there were no survivors, according to a Department of Transportation.
The plane "lost contact with the control tower Tamanrasset airport three minutes after taking off from the airport at 01:44 local time (2:44 GMT)," he said.
The aircraft, carrying oil equipment, had left Prestwick Airport (Glasgow, UK), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), with several technical stops, including Ghardaia and Tamanrasset terminals.
"The distress message was transmitted through the Regional Control Center of Algiers (ACC) and the Search and Rescue Service (SAR) launched an investigation immediately, the statement added.
"The plane is in a wooded area south of the runway. Rescuers have unfortunately not found survivors in the crash
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