RABAT, July 26 (Xinhua) -- A army aircraft crashed Tuesday in a mountainous area in south of Morocco, eliminating 78 people today and wounding three others, the official news office MAP said.
The office said the Royal Armed Forces C-130 jet, carrying army personnel, crashed into a mountain since it ready to acreage at Guelmim's army oxygen base. Guelmim is situated about 830 kilometers southwest from the investment Rabat.
The aircraft crashed subsequent getting faraway from Dakhla and was heading for that northern city of Kinitra.
"The crash triggered by bad environment conditions has wiped out 78 people today and seriously injured one other three," the Royal Armed Forces said in a declaration carried by MAP.
A total of 81 people today experienced been on screen the plane, these sorts of as nine team members, 60 soldiers and twelve civilians. The rescue group has discovered 42 bodies and sent the three survivors for that close by army hospital, the army said.
It is Morocco's worst aircraft crash since 1973, when 105 guests experienced been wiped out subsequent a Royal oxygen Maroc jet crashed around Rabat.
The most current aircraft crash within country took place in 1994 when 44 guests and team associates experienced been wiped out in a crash around the southwestern city of Agadir.
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helenhij le mercredi 27 juillet 2011
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